The Greeks made some contributions to the development of medicine but basically they still believed in the supernatural. Do you agree with this statement?

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Sarah-Jane Morris 10VG

The Greeks made some contributions to the development of medicine but basically they still believed in the supernatural. Do you agree with this statement?

Greek civilisation was at its height between 600BC and 300BC. Science, philosophy and mathematics were important to many Greeks and new theories were developed. Medicine developed too. A Greek Philosopher, called Hippocrates discovered medical observation. This helped medicine develop, because he would measure the patient's symptoms and reactions, this helped him to learn about different illnesses and what they would be like if left untreated.

There was also another philosopher called Asclepios. He believed in spiritual healing. He had a serpent, and would make the serpent lick the wounds of the afflicted. For example is there was a blind man, he would get the serpent to lick the patients eyes, and he would be believed to have been healed.

The ideas of Philosophers helped develop ideas in medicine. Knowledge of the anatomy could only progress when human dissection became acceptable. Philosophers like Plato and Aristotle argued that once the soul had left the body, it was acceptable to cut the body up and that the