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Classifications of diseases (2)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore


Keywords
Greece
medicine
Period
2nd century CE
Roman Empire
Channel
Helleno-Roman philosophers and scholars


Text
A Greek medical text, preserved in Galen, probably represents an older form of Greek medicine, since it appears in the rather unusual format (for a Greek text) of listing clusters of symptoms according to parts of the body. This kind of list, although not typical of Greek medical writing, is certainly reminiscent of Babylonian medical literature and merits our attention. Galen quotes the following passage from an unknown source, although it is assumed to represent ‘Cnidian’ medicine because the language is Ionian Greek, listing disease according to organs which are associated with the diseases, and other classifications:
7 diseases of the gall, 12 diseases of the bladder, 4 diseases of the kidneys, from the bladder, 4 diseases of urine retentions, 3 tetani, 4 jaundices, 3 consumptions.


Bibliography

Geller 2001-2002, 58Geller, Mark J. “West Meets East. Early Greek and Babylonian Diagnosis.” Archiv für Orientforschung 48/49 (2001-2002) 50-75.

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Mark Geller


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