User:HoCL1/On Ancient Medicine

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Hippocrates was born circa 460 BCE on the island of Cos in Greece. Hippocrates was looked at as a teacher and physician. His name is in around sixty medical articles, most of these medical articles were not written by him. He is admired for his high standards of moral conduct in the practice of medicine, especially for the Hippocratic Oath, which was also written by someone else. Hippocrates later dies circa 375 BCE in Larissa, Thessaly.

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The medical practice of Hippocrates used natural aspects to treat diseases. The Hippocratic teachings on the value of knowing a patient's health, independence of thought, and the necessity for balance between the individuals, the social environment, and the natural environment. These foundations of health were incorporated in Ancient Greece to help discover the source of illness and to help promote health.

Maintaining Health

Ancient Greeks followed the belief that physical and mental health work together. Aristotle believed that the best way to achieve harmony between the mind and body is to participate in sports and gymnastics.

It has been suggested that sessions of aerobic for example walking will help to boost cognitive attention control in children. Data suggests that exercise improves scholastic performance.

Promoting Health

To enhance both physical and mental health, physical movement was an essential component of academic learning. Special services were offered by teachers known as "paidotrivai" during the Olympic Games. According to a study by Hippocrates, olive oil was used to warm up, increase body temperature, and become more flexible, and athletes were given figs as well as other fruits containing high glucose concentrations to help them perform better.

Trauma Care

Up to the Middle Ages, Hippocrates and Galen had quite an impact on surgical treatment procedures for wounds and injuries. For instance, Hippocrates identified the splitting of limb gangrene and treated the ailment by making incisions between the dead and the living tissue. He thought that after treating the wounds with pure water or wine, they needed to be kept dry in order to heal correctly and rapidly. Also, he thought that the development of pus contributed to the decrease of wound complications. These discoveries influenced surgical treatment procedures for wounds and injuries up to the Middle Ages.

Interventions and Therapy

The earliest taxonomy of mental illnesses was proposed by Hippocrates, and it included mania, melancholy, phrenitis, insanity, disobedience, paranoia, panic, epilepsy, and hysteria. He held that intellect and sensitivity enter the brain through the lips by breathing and that the brain is the primary organ responsible for mental diseases. He held that the four fluids blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile as well as observation, study of the reasons, balance of theory, and the four liquids themselves form the basis for the diagnosis and treatment of both physical and mental illnesses. According to Plato's view, there are two possible ways to repair the body and the soul. While medicine and gymnastics are seen as legitimate remedies, the legislative and judicial systems are necessary for true soul healing. The betterment of human conduct and the treatment of both mental and physical diseases depended heavily on music and theater. It was thought that using music to heal the spirit also treated the body, along with particular musical treatments for particular illnesses. The first person to use music as treatment to overcome pain was Asclepius. According to Aristotle, religious music that uplifts the spirit has a similar impact on individuals who have undergone therapy and mental catharsis. "Catharsis," or the letting go of emotions via performance, took place in the Theater of Epidaurus in the Ancient Temple of Epidaurus.