Medical history has had a profound impact on the way medical practices are used today. For centuries, medical pioneers have been at the forefront of medical research, developing treatments and cures that have improved the lives of countless people. In this article, we will explore the life and work of some of these pioneering individuals […]
Under the influence of the advanced philosophical teachings of the ancient Greeks – spontaneous materialism and naive dialectics – the advanced doctors of ancient Greece during its heyday gave new solutions to many questions of medicine: about the material causes of diseases, about their connection with the external environment, about disease as a changing phenomenon […]
Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim The outstanding European (Swiss-born) physician who lived at the junction of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, an era of dissipating darkness that prefigured the Renaissance that followed, was the man known by the pseudonym Paracelsus. His real name was Philip Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim. He became […]
>> 1 << Despite the fact that the first written medical sources that have come down to us are the Egyptian papyri, which describe surgical operations and obstetrical practices (Berlin, London, Leiden papyri), the place of origin of modern medicine is considered ancient Greece, although there is no doubt that its origins are in the […]