Asclepieion
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An Asclepieion, plural Asclepieia, was a healing temple in ancient Greece that was dedicated to Asclepius, the first doctor-demigod in Greek mythology. Asclepius was said to have been such a skilled d
The Asklepieion on Kos
Patients sleeping in the temple of Aesculapius at Epidaurus by Ernest Board
Hippocrates
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Hippocrates of Kos, also known as Hippocrates II, named after his grandfather Hippocrates I was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding
Asclepieion
…ἐγκοίμησις), not unlike anesthesia, induced with the help of soporific substances such as opium. Asclepieia also became home to future physicians as well. Hippocrates is said to have received his medical training at an asclepieion on the isle of Kos. Prior to becoming the personal physician to the Roman Emperor Marcus…
A conventionalized image in a Roman "portrait" bust (19th-century engraving)
Illustration of the story of Hippocrates refusing the presents of the Achaemenid Emperor Artaxerxes, who was asking for his services. Hippocrates Refusing the Gifts of Artaxerxes by Girodet, 1792.
A number of ancient Greek surgical tools. On the left is a trephine; on the right, a set of scalpels. Hippocratic medicine made good use of these tools.