Theories About Blood Coagulation in the Writings of Ancient Greek Medico-philosophers

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

Affiliation:

• 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.

Cite this article as:

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