01-25-2005, 07:50 PM
I don't know much about medicine to talk about diseases. Here is what I found online:
Celsus (fl. 14-37 CE)
His eight volumes of "De Medicina" were a part of a larger encyclopedia. It was among the first medical texts to be published by the printing press in 1478. Many of the practices were used up till the 19th century.
He named heat, pain, redness, and swellings as the four telltale signs of inflamation. He discussed such topics as: the history of medicine, diet and regimen, fevers, ulcers, venereal disease, facial plastic surgery using skin transplants, antiseptics, eye surgery, surgical hygiene, heart disease, the use of ligatures to stop arterial haemorrhage, insanity, hydrotherapy, tonsillectomy, oral and dental surgery, and the removel of bladder stones.
Old Corinth had a reputation for sexual vice, to the extent that Aristophanes (ca. 450-385 BCE) coined the term korinthazō ("act like a Corinthian," which meant to commit acts of sexual immorality). Venereal disease was extremely common (Fee, 2). Corinth was a seaport town where people came and went on business; money was readily available.
You can find more information by googling online. I think we always underestimate ancient people.
Celsus (fl. 14-37 CE)
His eight volumes of "De Medicina" were a part of a larger encyclopedia. It was among the first medical texts to be published by the printing press in 1478. Many of the practices were used up till the 19th century.
He named heat, pain, redness, and swellings as the four telltale signs of inflamation. He discussed such topics as: the history of medicine, diet and regimen, fevers, ulcers, venereal disease, facial plastic surgery using skin transplants, antiseptics, eye surgery, surgical hygiene, heart disease, the use of ligatures to stop arterial haemorrhage, insanity, hydrotherapy, tonsillectomy, oral and dental surgery, and the removel of bladder stones.
Old Corinth had a reputation for sexual vice, to the extent that Aristophanes (ca. 450-385 BCE) coined the term korinthazō ("act like a Corinthian," which meant to commit acts of sexual immorality). Venereal disease was extremely common (Fee, 2). Corinth was a seaport town where people came and went on business; money was readily available.
You can find more information by googling online. I think we always underestimate ancient people.
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