Hellenistic medicine

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Hellenistic medicine was the tradition of medical theory and practice that developed in the Greek-speaking world after Alexander the Great, blending classical Greek medicine with Near Eastern knowledge and emphasizing systematic observation, anatomy, and rational explanations of disease.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hellenistic medicine canonical 3
Alexandrian medicine 1
Alexandrian school of medicine 1

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instanceOf ancient Greek medicine ⓘ
historical medical system ⓘ
medical tradition ⓘ
associatedWithSchool Dogmatic school of medicine ⓘ
Empiric school of medicine ⓘ
Methodic school of medicine ⓘ
developsIn Alexandria ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Cos ⓘ
Greek-speaking Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Pergamon ⓘ
Rhodes ⓘ
emphasizes anatomical investigation ⓘ
naturalistic causes of illness ⓘ
rational explanations of disease ⓘ
systematic clinical observation ⓘ
endTime 1st century BCE ⓘ
feature classification of diseases ⓘ
detailed study of the nervous system ⓘ
development of specialized medical literature ⓘ
distinction between veins and arteries ⓘ
hospital-like institutions and healing sanctuaries ⓘ
systematic anatomical dissection of human bodies ⓘ
use of case histories ⓘ
vivisection of animals ⓘ
follows Classical Greek medicine ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom Aristotelian natural philosophy ⓘ
Babylonian medicine ⓘ
Egyptian medicine ⓘ
Hippocratic medicine ⓘ
Near Eastern medical traditions ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Byzantine medicine ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age medicine ⓘ
Roman medicine ⓘ
medieval European medicine ⓘ
hasKeyCenter Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Museum of Alexandria ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Apollonius of Citium ⓘ
Asclepiades of Bithynia ⓘ
Erasistratus of Ceos ⓘ
Heraclides of Tarentum ⓘ
Herophilus of Chalcedon ⓘ
Rufus of Ephesus ⓘ
Soranus of Ephesus ⓘ
Zeno of Cyprus (physician) ⓘ
inception after the conquests of Alexander the Great ⓘ
partOf Hellenistic civilization ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic period
rejects purely supernatural explanations of disease ⓘ
relatedTo Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
Hellenistic science ⓘ
startTime 4th century BCE ⓘ
uses dietetic therapy ⓘ
humoral theory ⓘ
pharmacological remedies ⓘ
surgical procedures ⓘ
usesLanguage Greek language ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic medicine → influencedBy → Hellenistic medicine ⓘ
Roman medicine → influencedBy → Hellenistic medicine ⓘ
Al-Tabari (physician) → influencedBy → Hellenistic medicine ⓘ
Prognostics → culture → Ancient Greek medicine ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic medicine
Erasistratus of Ceos → coFounderOf → Alexandrian school of medicine ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic medicine
Erasistratus of Ceos → traditionOrSchool → Alexandrian medicine ⓘ
linked to: Hellenistic medicine