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096: Hellenistic Science - Medicine and the Healing Arts
096: Hellenistic Science - Medicine and the Healing Arts
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40 minutes
Released:
Apr 29, 2024
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Description
As the first episode in our series on science and technology, we begin by looking at the advancements in medicine during the Hellenistic Age. In Alexandria, Herophilus and Erasistratus became the first doctors to practice human dissections in any significant capacity until the Middle Ages, greatly improving our understanding of anatomy and physiology. Developments in pharmacology followed the botanical work of Theophrastus, while Mithridates VI of Pontus performed diabolical experiments with poisons and antidotes. From OBGYN to trepanation, there is bound to be something in here that will make you squeamish.
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Released:
Apr 29, 2024
Format:
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