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Dec 16, 2016 · When the ancient Greeks were naming body parts, they were probably trying to give them names that were easy to remember, says Mary Fissell, a professor in the Department of the History of...
Oct 2, 2022 · Despite the disproportion in the cultural and scientific interest in the body, focused mainly on a specific type of men, the artistic and the intellectual tradition of the Classical period have developed a new approach to the perception of self.
Dec 16, 2016 · When the ancient Greeks were naming body parts, they were probably trying to give them names that were easy to remember, says Mary Fissell, a professor in the Department of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins.
Ancient Greek philosophers, like Alcmaeon and Empedocles, and ancient Greek doctors, like Hippocrates and his school, paid attention to the causes of life, disease, and different functions of the body.
Nov 6, 2022 · What distinguished a living body from the corpse in the ancient Greek beliefs was the presence of the soul (psūkhē). The soul had precious attributes since it was the main object of protection during battles.
One of the most stirring controversies in the history of Anatomy is that Herophilus, an ancient Greek anatomist and his younger contemporary, Erasistratus, were accused of performing vivisections of living humans.
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Jun 5, 2015 · The Ancient Greeks were obsessed with the human body and how they could represent it – as a thing of beauty and a bearer of meaning. The Defining Beauty exhibition at the British Museum gathers...
