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A Living Chronicle: A Tapestry of People, Events and Institutions
FOUNDATIONS OF NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE
7th c. BCE
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
620 BCE Thales of Miletus (d. 546 BCE) Greek philosopher; Founder of the Milesian School of Natural Philosophy. In movement away from temple medicine, sought patterns in nature to explain
the way phenomena worked through natural principles, observation, hypotheses, and theories.
6th c. BCE
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
570 BCE Pythagoras (d. 490 BCE) (Greek: Πυθαγόρης) Major figure in both scientific and mystery traditions whose teachings influenced the basis of subsequent Greek philosophy
and medicine, including humoral theory and
the healing effects of music. Believed in the transmigration of souls and practiced a vegetarian diet.
5th c. BCE
PRACTICE MODELS AND DELIVERY
5th c. BCE Herodicus (Ἡρóδιĸος) Greek physician, native of Selymbria. Pioneer in applying and teaching therapeutic exercise, healthy diet, and massage with herbs and oils for the treatment of disease and enhancement of health; believed to
have been one of the tutors of Hippocrates.•• HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
490 BCE Empedokles (d. 430 BCE) (Greek: Ἐμπεδοκλῆς) Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of Agrigentum, a Greek city in Sicily. Best known for being the articulator of the cosmogenic theory of the four Classical elements deriving from ancient Mystery School teachings.
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470 BCE Socrates (d. 399 BC) Ancient Greek philosopher; originator of dialectical method of critical inquiry (Socratic method), i.e., method of elenchus first described by Plato in the Socratic Dialogues; epistemologically important to medicine.
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
460 BCE (ca.) Hippokrates of Kos (d. 370 BCE) (Greek: Ἱπποκράτης) Ancient Greek physician; son of Asklepian priest-physician; studied at Asklepiad of Kos, 5th century BCE; renowned for great respect of nature and self-healing process of physis, including coction (healing reaction, discharge cycle, factors). Skilled diagnostician, emphasizing prognosis over diagnosis; pivotal
in shift from temple priesthood to profession of physicians; respected Mysteries, emphasized experimental approach; developed code of ethics; “father” of the profession of physicians and influence on all schools of medicine, with writings and those of students comprising the diverse literature known as the Hippocratic Corpus.••
HERITAGE AND KNOWLEDGEBASE
450-350 BCE The Hippocratic Corpus: body of evolving and often contradictory medical texts written between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE by Greek physicians from diverse schools of medical philosophy and practice, notably the schools of Kos and Knidus. A fraction of the texts are potentially attributable to the historic figure Hippocrates. Key concepts such as physis (“life/self-organization”
or “nature”), eidos, (“the it” diagnosed), coction, (therapeutic “cooking”) and techné (“skill”) were presented as central to the Corpus. ••
Naturopathic Medicine 9 HISTORY AND PROFESSIONAL FORMATION TIMELINE
