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Persians: Hippokratic author on the “sacred” disease and Magian attempts at healing (ca. 400 BCE)
Ancient author: Hippokratic author, On the Sacred Disease 1-5, 21 (link). Comments: The author of this medical text (written around 400 BCE) argues that what is traditionally labelled the “sacred” disease is, in fact, no more sacred that any other disease. All diseases are affected by the climate, environment, and the four humours, which are […]
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