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You want me to carve a WHAT?
Patients who thought they had been CuReD by Asklepios often left a model of the part of the body that had been affected by illness. One marble carving that is still around today shows a leg and has an inscription to Asklepios on it.
Imagine you’d been
bitten on the bum by a grumpy pelican. That would be a mighty embarrassing request for the local carver!
Things changed when the Greek physician Hippocrates came along. He believed illnesses had natural causes and worked out treatments after making detailed studies of the symptoms. He is often described as the founder of modern medicine, and doctors in some parts of the world still take what is called the “Hippocratic Oath”, which means they promise to look after people well.
* This is an excellent magical prayer, but probably nothing like a real ancient Greek one.
Hippocrates
FANCY THAT!
of magical prayers. We´re not sure what magical prayer was used for the sniffles, but it was probably something along the lines of: “My throat is sore, my face is hot, my head is filled with bright green snot. I pray this sniffle quickly goes and
The ancient Greeks believed in the power
gunk stops dripping from my nose”.*
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