Hellenistic medicine
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Hellenistic medicine was the tradition of medical theory and practice that developed in the Greek-speaking world after Alexander the Great, blending classical Greek medicine with Near Eastern knowledge and emphasizing systematic observation, anatomy, and rational explanations of disease.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hellenistic medicine canonical | 3 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek medicine
ⓘ
historical medical system ⓘ medical tradition ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool |
Dogmatic school of medicine
ⓘ
Empiric school of medicine ⓘ Empiric school of medicine ⓘ
surface form:
Methodic school of medicine
|
| developsIn |
Alexandria
ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ Cos ⓘ Greek-speaking Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Pergamon ⓘ Rhodes ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
anatomical investigation
ⓘ
naturalistic causes of illness ⓘ rational explanations of disease ⓘ systematic clinical observation ⓘ |
| endTime | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| feature |
classification of diseases
ⓘ
detailed study of the nervous system ⓘ development of specialized medical literature ⓘ distinction between veins and arteries ⓘ hospital-like institutions and healing sanctuaries ⓘ systematic anatomical dissection of human bodies ⓘ use of case histories ⓘ vivisection of animals ⓘ |
| follows | Classical Greek medicine ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Aristotelian physics
ⓘ
surface form:
Aristotelian natural philosophy
Babylonian medicine ⓘ Egyptian medicine ⓘ Hippocratic medical tradition ⓘ
surface form:
Hippocratic medicine
Near Eastern medical traditions ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Byzantine medicine
ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age medicine ⓘ Roman medicine ⓘ medieval European medicine ⓘ |
| hasKeyCenter |
Library of Alexandria
ⓘ
Museum of Alexandria ⓘ |
| hasNotableFigure |
Apollonius of Citium
ⓘ
Asclepiades of Bithynia ⓘ Erasistratus of Ceos ⓘ Heraclides of Tarentum ⓘ Herophilus of Chalcedon ⓘ Rufus of Ephesus ⓘ Soranus of Ephesus ⓘ Zeno of Cyprus (physician) ⓘ |
| inception | after the conquests of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hellenistic period
ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenistic civilization
|
| rejects | purely supernatural explanations of disease ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Hellenistic philosophy
ⓘ
Hellenistic science ⓘ |
| startTime | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| uses |
dietetic therapy
ⓘ
humoral theory ⓘ pharmacological remedies ⓘ surgical procedures ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | Greek language ⓘ |
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