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Achaemenid Military Medicine: Surgeons on the Persian Front
Long before the Hippocratic oath reached Persia, achaemenid military doctors were performing battlefield surgery, removing arrows, setting bones, and even practising early cranial trepanation. This episode draws on Greek sources like Ctesias and Xenophon, as well as Persian reliefs from Persepolis and archaeological evidence of surgical tools. Lucas and Luna explore the role of the 'magoi' as healers, the medical knowledge carried along the Royal Road, and the surprising sophistication of Persian military medicine compared to contemporary Greek practice. They discuss the balance of herbal…
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