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Medical Practice in Antiquity Room

Asclepius’ statue in Epidaurus. Silver drachma from Epidaurus with depiction of the statue of Asclepius 350-330 π.Χ. ΝΜ 1902/3 ΙΑ 1 The coin is hosted by Numismatic Museum of Greece, Item ΝΜ 1902/3 ΙΑ 1
Base for a dedication depicting medical instruments It was found in `1877 in the Asclepieion of Athens and is dated around 320 BC. The dimensions of the...
Bronze cup Bronze cupping cup, ancient Greece, 400-100 BCE. Credit: Science Museum, London. Attribution 4.0 Int...
Clay model of sheep’s liver for divination Clay model of a sheep's liver, Babylonian Temple School. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4....
Human skull with trepanations, Grave No. 7997, Akanthos, Greece Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities. Photo provided by the Laboratory of Physical Anth...
Reconstructed Hippocratic stretching bench The bench is a property of the Hippocratic Foundation of Cos. The photo was taken by Stephanos Gerou...
Reset of vertebrae from illuminated manuscript Codex Laurentianae Med. Graec. Plut. 74.7, folio 203v 9th – 10th century AD The codex was found in...
Reset of vertebrae with the use of a bench from illuminated manuscript Codex Laurentianae Med. Graec. Plut. 74.7, folio 203v 9th – 10th century AD Biblioteca Medicea Lau...
The four temperaments The four temperaments, from Lavater, Essays on physiognomy, 1789. Credit: Wellcome Collection. Publi...
Title page of the 1st edition of Hippocratic texts by Aldus Manutius Venetiis : In aedibus Aldi, & Andreae Asulani soceri, Mense maii 1526. Physical description: 6 u...
Use of Seisis for reset of the spine from illuminated manuscript Codex Laurentianae Med. Graec. Plut. 74.7, folio 203v 9th – 10th century AD The codex was found in...