Byzantine medicine

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Byzantine medicine was the medical tradition of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, blending classical Greco-Roman knowledge with Christian theology and influences from Persian and Arabic medical practices.

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Byzantine medicine canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical medical system ⓘ
medical tradition ⓘ
associatedWith Christian charity ⓘ
imperial patronage of hospitals ⓘ
monastic medicine ⓘ
basedOn Galenic medicine ⓘ
Greco-Roman medicine ⓘ
Hippocratic medicine ⓘ
contributedTo Byzantine public health measures ⓘ
development of hospital organization ⓘ
preservation of classical medical texts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Byzantine Empire ⓘ
developedIn Alexandria ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
other major Byzantine urban centers ⓘ
feature charitable medical care ⓘ
emphasis on prognosis ⓘ
integration of secular and religious healing ⓘ
medical education in hospitals ⓘ
regulation of physicians by the state ⓘ
state-supported hospitals ⓘ
use of case histories ⓘ
use of complex compound drugs ⓘ
follows humoral theory ⓘ
hasInstitution hospital attached to monastery ⓘ
imperial hospital in Constantinople ⓘ
leprosarium ⓘ
nosokomeion ⓘ
orphanotropheion ⓘ
xenon ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic medicine ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
Persian medicine ⓘ
late antique medical compendia ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
occasionally Latin ⓘ
majorFigure Alexander of Tralles ⓘ
Aëtius of Amida ⓘ
John Zacharias Aktouarios ⓘ
Nicholas Myrepsos ⓘ
Oribasius ⓘ
Paul of Aegina ⓘ
Symeon Seth ⓘ
Theophanes Nonnus ⓘ
partOf Byzantine culture ⓘ
period 4th century ⓘ
to 15th century ⓘ
producedWork commentaries on Galen ⓘ
commentaries on Hippocrates ⓘ
medical encyclopedias ⓘ
pharmacological compendia ⓘ
surgical manuals ⓘ
relatedTo Islamic Golden Age medicine ⓘ
linked to: Islamic medicine

Roman medicine ⓘ
medieval European medicine ⓘ
transmittedTo Islamic medicine ⓘ
Latin medieval medicine ⓘ
use diagnosis of disease ⓘ
prevention of disease ⓘ
treatment of disease ⓘ
uses animal-derived remedies ⓘ
bloodletting ⓘ
cauterization ⓘ
dietetic therapy ⓘ
herbal remedies ⓘ
incantations and prayers ⓘ
mineral remedies ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
religious healing practices ⓘ
saint veneration for healing ⓘ
surgery ⓘ

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Roman medicine → influenced → Byzantine medicine ⓘ