ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
This post is a summary of information on the exciting discoveries made after studying findings from an ancient shipwreck from Tuscany, Italy. Continue reading “2,000 year old pills found at an ancient shipwreck”
In this article we present a summary of official (published) information on trepanation in the Ancient Greek world. The word trepanation comes from the Greek word trypanon (τρύπανον) meaning trepan, or borer. It refers to the surgical procedure of creating an opening in the skull. Trephination is a more recent word and specifically refers to an opening made by a circular saw (trephine), but both terms are used interchangeably in the literature. Trepanation is a kind of primitive Neurosurgery. Continue reading “Trepanation (primitive Neurosurgery) in the Ancient Greek world”
Ancient faeces from prehistoric burials on the Greek island of Kea have provided the first archaeological evidence for the parasitic worms described 2,500 years ago in the writings of Hippocrates – the most influential works of classical medicine. Continue reading “Ancient faeces reveal parasites described in earliest Greek medical texts”
Here we present selected parts of the very interesting paper titled “The archeological evidence of trepanation in early China“, by Han Kangxin and Chen Xingcan. Continue reading “Successful skull trepanation in Neolithic China”
Here we present selected parts of the very interesting paper “Herophilus of Chalcedon and the practice of dissection in Hellenistic Alexandria“, February 2008 Vol. 98, No. 2 SAMJ, by Goran Štrkalj & David Chorn. Continue reading “Herophilus of Chalcedon and the practice of dissection in Hellenistic Alexandria”
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Konsolaki E, Astyrakaki E, Stefanakis G, Agouridakis P, Askitopoulou H. Continue reading “Cranial trauma in ancient Greece: from Homer to classical authors”
Novo Scriptorium 