Abstract
Anaxagoras and Empedocles both established during the Presocratic era a pioneering theory for the creation of everything in the universe. Macrocosmos' impact through the "Four Elements Theory" explained the conglomeration of the blood inside the vessels. Hippocrates, who instituted the "Four Humours theory", clearly understood blood's coagulation and introduced the term "thrombus". Plato, Aristotle and Galen, all engaged with the clotting phenomenon trying to interpret it. After eons of inquiry, it was the innovative thinking of the ancient Greek medico philosophers that set the scientific bases towards the understanding of a process that had been analyzing until our era.
Keywords: Blood, clot, thrombus, coagulation, empedocles, hippocrates, aristotle, galen, ancient greece.
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title:Theories About Blood Coagulation in the Writings of Ancient Greek Medico-philosophers
Volume: 23 Issue: 9
Author(s): Gregory Tsoucalas*, Marianna Karamanou, Theodoros G. Papaioannou and Markos Sgantzos
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- Ieroloxiton 155, Agioi Anargyroi, Volos, P.C. 38334,Greece
Keywords: Blood, clot, thrombus, coagulation, empedocles, hippocrates, aristotle, galen, ancient greece.
Abstract: Anaxagoras and Empedocles both established during the Presocratic era a pioneering theory for the creation of everything in the universe. Macrocosmos' impact through the "Four Elements Theory" explained the conglomeration of the blood inside the vessels. Hippocrates, who instituted the "Four Humours theory", clearly understood blood's coagulation and introduced the term "thrombus". Plato, Aristotle and Galen, all engaged with the clotting phenomenon trying to interpret it. After eons of inquiry, it was the innovative thinking of the ancient Greek medico philosophers that set the scientific bases towards the understanding of a process that had been analyzing until our era.
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Tsoucalas Gregory*, Karamanou Marianna, Papaioannou G. Theodoros and Sgantzos Markos, Theories About Blood Coagulation in the Writings of Ancient Greek Medico-philosophers, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2017; 23 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612822666161205120848
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612822666161205120848 |
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