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The Anatomy in Greek Iatrosophia during the Ottoman domination era
(2021)The knowledge of Anatomy during the Ottoman domination in Greece has not been widely studied. Medical knowledge of the time can be retrieved from folk and erudite books called Iatrosophia. The majority of these books focused ... -
Aretaeus of cappadocia (ca lst-3rd century AD): Views on hepatic cancer
(2016)Aretaeus lived in an era when cancer was known to be a fatal disease. He had understood both liver's capacity to regenerate, and its vital role for the body's homeostasis, and proposed the treatment to confront hepatic ... -
Aretaeus of Cappadocia (Circa First Century bc or Fourth Century ad), Operating Hepatic Abscesses in Ancient Greece
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The challenges of primary biliary cholangitis: What is new and what needs to be done
(2019)Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC) is an uncommon, chronic, cholangiopathy of autoimmune origin and unknown etiology characterized by positive anti-mitochondrial autoantibodies (AMA), female preponderance and progression ... -
Dimitrios Mavrokordatos Disproving the Hemostatic Myth of Aqua Binelli
(2020)“Aqua Binelli” or “Aqua Balsamica Arterialis” was a hemostatic compound invented by the Italian Fedele Binelli in 1797. Its hemostatic properties were viewed as the solution to treating hemorrhage in cases of wounds and ... -
The evolution of lower limb amputation through the ages
(2007)The aim of this study was to highlight the important stages of the evolution of limb amputation through the ages through the search of the relevant international literature. Limb amputation is one of the most serious ... -
François Rousset (c. 1525–1598): an innovative and forgotten obstetrician, master of caesarean section
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Immunotherapy of Cancer: Developments and Reference Points, an Unorthodox Approach
(2019)Oncology is currently a sector of medical science with accelerated progress due to rapid technological development, the advancement in molecular biology, and the invention of many innovative therapies. Immunotherapy partially ... -
Ioannis Kardamatis (1859-1942): The debate on the fall of ancient Greece and the chair of tropical diseases and parasitology at the medical school of Athens
(2019)Ioannis Kardamatis was born in Athens in 1859. He studied medicine at the National University of Athens (in 1932, it was renamed to National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) and specialized in internal medicine and ... -
Paul of Aegina (ca 625-690 AD), and his orthopaedic surgical reconstruction of the preternatural fingers
(2017)Paul of Aegina lived in a era when the preservation of the ancient Greek tradition was for him almost a necessity. Eager to follow the dogma of “oρθoπo(ε)δώ” (orthopodo: pace with no malformation), he introduced a series ... -
Royal disease (Vasilios nósos): Substantiating one of the names of tuberculosis in Greek, from “Atakta” dictionary by Adamantios Korais, (1832-1835)
(2022)The purpose of the present article is to substantiate the Greek name of Βασίλειoς νόσoς (Vasilios nósos) about tu-berculosis, with the analysis of what Adamantios Korais mentions about scrofula in his dictionary “Atakta”. ... -
Theories about blood coagulation in the writings of ancient Greek medico-philosophers
(2017)Anaxagoras and Empedocles both established during the Presocratic era a pioneering theory for the creation of everything in the universe. Macrocosmos' impact through the "Four Elements Theory" explained the conglomeration ... -
Thessaly and medicine from ancient Greek mythology to contemporary times: A perpetual relationship
(2019)The aim of this narrative review is to provide an overview of the connection between Thessaly and the development of medicine from ancient Greek mythology to contemporary times. From Chiron to Asclepius, from Asclepius to ... -
Uterine cancer in the writings of ancient Greek physicians
(2015)In this article, we present the views on uterine cancer of the ancient Greek physicians. We emphasize on uterine's cancer aetiology according to the dominant in antiquity humoural theory, on its surgical treatment suggested ...