The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1875-03-11

ta1 sue it ltl4H{1efa q Attta
Greece, lhAt Isad q fsh.fs sod oi bara.a
deeds. he country Of llsmer, Of llse-
o,ioins of Plato, Of poets of historians
and q philosopher is emnhal.ea.iy =
hBd of mytla. Tbr sgperaitiogs Gree
c.aA. gave tbe praise dae lhNg psinsiah-
log predecessor io aa Imaginary belug
whom they designated gEseaapius lle
sllt,ured 10 us ns so oia man, wnh
l3ug, white flowing beard will saI iu
aac hand, aud lhe other leaning upou shr
bead Of q serpent, OF lhe serpent accom-
pauyibg him Homer .peaks oi BIN as
'tbe blsmfless physician" 10 aner
years lie lyrc p0eis peak ul Apollo as
bSying power to heal maiadies. Touples
we're reared to E-cuupius . different
parts of Greece. Tie most celebrated
one was Eskdaurus. III Ids temples %
yellowish.brovu snake was carefully
reared and preserved into which twas
supposed he iu.innaled himself, and by
meam OF which the temple priests, toe
Ase epiade, ihe children Of Bseulapius,
cured diseases The priests TINS sur
rounded thc practice Of medicine with
my slery and with awe, aud ia ihis way
held 1t securely IN their own hands, and
thus lhev were enabled TO transfer the
wealth Of the sick and dying iuto their
own iron bound chests. This was au-
ciRt caitored Greece'
The history Of Egypt aud OF Greece, in
respect to the practice OF medicine, IS, in
substance, that ol Rome and baby lon, of
Assyria aud Persia, and other nations Of
remote antiquity We therefore gladly
leave this dark period Of our race.
ANCIENT HsToRIo
We row pass from land OF serpeuDs
into one iu which men 'created in wis
dom aud knowledge" live from under a
murky atmosphere illcd with gebii be-
Meath one filled with human activity
Hippocrales. slyIcd the fuhcr Of medi-
cine, wa. bom la the island of Cos,
Greece, about he year 400, Il. G, lie
was son OF one who claimed to have de-
sceuded from .Esenlapiu-. lie received
instructions from the most learned Of bis
day. He also travelled very extensively
aud in this way obtained vast know ledge
from foreign sources. He isnouueed the
system of Superstition, aud priestly rites,
and raised the practice of medicine to the
dignity Of Ieanrd profession. Ills
kaoWs.1ge Of human anatomy was limit'
ed, as, in his day, reverence for the bod
ies of the dead prrcIudcd the possibility
OF dissection, In bis diagnosis. be- is said
to be skiUf. Although he had not the
atethoscope, by which The physician of
our day detects the nature and Stage OF
internal diseases, he practjced ausculta-
ton by placing bis ear against the breast
of the puticnt, a6a judged very accurate.
w as TO the condition OF the suffering one
Mankind are greatly indebted TO Hippo.
crates ''the father OF medicine" for the
boldness of the position that be took
against the crafty priests, for his eXer'
tions to raise the practice OF medicine
from sacred mystery TO a learned pro
/ fession, and for bis extensive knowledge
which he preserved, aud which has prov
en- such blessing 10 the world.
We would also refer 10 Aretaus, q
celebrated physician andvoluminous writ
or, VINO nourished about the time of The
spread of Christianity, Areleus was al
] Asiatic Greek. Without apology he re
iected the errors OF the past, ana in BIZ
delneations Of disease he rose above The
opportunities of his day. He speaks
minutely and intelligently Of many inter
nal diseases, and how they should bt
treated. His exertions for and bis con
triUutions 10 medical science have lais
the world under great tiibute TO him. A
we take a fAirvspect, we shall see that h'
did much toward. making his age one o
the grand cpochs 10 the history Of mcdi
cine
r About century after the birth o
Aretaus, Diascarides, also a Greek, va
boru, who occupied a position as a write
on malcria medica far superior to any %
his predecessors, lie treatise cousisle,
Of five books work that eniSyed th
highest reputation nuIil the l7th century
Bis work was translated into The iangun
ges 81 tie Trading nations If Western
Asia and Of Europe. Tie gives as q eat
alogge Of some 1000 remedies for to-
various diseases TO which lesb Is heir -
The largest medical society OF Euganl
consider j for The benefit OF the profe.
sion, and hence have paniished his list o
remedies.
AlEost sllure hmiliar with the nam
Galeu. This most eminent physician
aud "lhe. most accomplished man Of hi
age p was born about ihe middle of lh
second century, aud died when about
, yagts osj lie was most successful As
ptaofiiouer, aud obtained universal fam
a. a leetursr+ vas uonorsd by the en-
psnsrs 0i Rome, afd To-day ou many sab
, jets in medical practice The name ,aie
il aothoFit,. lie added dignity 10 th
! profession, snd md. Fl a greater powe
. for good to our race. WHO are gauaaiH
and travelling ia pain together
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