"The Greek term for medicine was iatrikē."
The study of the scientific discoveries and technological advancements of ancient Greece and Rome, including medicine, engineering, and astronomy.
Astronomy: The study of celestial objects, their behavior, and their relationships with each other.
Mathematics: The study of numbers, quantities, and shapes, and how they relate to each other.
Medicine: The practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease and illness in humans and animals.
Engineering: The application of science and mathematics to design, build, and maintain structures, machines, and systems.
Architecture: The art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other physical structures.
Metallurgy: The science of extracting metals from their ores, refining them, and creating useful alloys and other materials.
Hydraulics: The study of fluids in motion, and how they behave under different conditions and in different systems.
Optics: The study of light and its properties, including its behavior in different media and its interaction with matter.
Botany: The study of plants, their structure, behavior, and relationship to their environment.
Geology: The study of the Earth's structure, composition, and history, including the processes that shape the planet's surface and interior.
Chemistry: The study of matter and its properties, including its structure, composition, and behavior under different conditions.
Physics: The study of the behavior and properties of matter and energy, and their interrelationships.
"The ancient Greeks believed health was affected by the humors, geographic location, social class, diet, trauma, beliefs, and mindset."
"Humorism (or the four humors) refers to blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile."
"Each of the four humors were linked to an organ, temper, season, and element."
"It was also theorized that sex played a role in medicine because some diseases and treatments were different for females than for males."
"Geographic location and social class affected the living conditions of the people and might subject them to different environmental issues such as mosquitoes, rats, and availability of clean drinking water."
"Diet was thought to be an issue as well and might be affected by a lack of access to adequate nourishment."
"Trauma, such as that suffered by gladiators, from dog bites or other injuries, played a role in theories relating to understanding anatomy and infections."
"Additionally, there was significant focus on the beliefs and mindset of the patient in the diagnosis and treatment theories."
"Ancient Greek medicine began to revolve around the theory of humors."
"Hippocrates, known as the 'Father of Modern Medicine', established a medical school at Cos and is the most important figure in ancient Greek medicine."
"Hippocrates and his students documented numerous illnesses in the Hippocratic Corpus."
"Hippocrates and his students... developed the Hippocratic Oath for physicians, which is still in use today."
"The contributions to ancient Greek medicine of Hippocrates, Socrates, and others had a lasting influence on Islamic medicine and medieval European medicine."
"The earliest known Greek medical school opened in Cnidus in 700 BC."
"Alcmaeon, author of the first anatomical compilation, worked at this school, and it was here that the practice of observing patients was established."
"Despite their known respect for ancient Egyptian medicine, attempts to discern any particular influence on Greek practice at this early time have not been dramatically successful."
"It is clear, however, that the Greeks imported Egyptian substances into their pharmacopoeia."
"The influence became more pronounced after the establishment of a school of Greek medicine in Alexandria."
"Hippocrates and his students also created medical terminology that is part of our vocabulary today."