While the Parthenon stands as a symbol of Greek architectural perfection, another legacy emerged from the same soil: the radical shift toward evidence-based medicine. This episode explores the Coan School and the Hippocratic Corpus, tracing how physicians like Herophilus of Chalcedon and Erasistratus of Chios moved away from divine causation and towards anatomical observation. We examine the controversial dissections in Alexandria under the Ptolemies, the development of the four humours theory, and the clinical detachment that defined ancient medical practice. From the Asclepius cults to the precise descriptions of the heart's valves by Erasistratus, we uncover how Greek doctors invented the very concept of clinical diagnosis, separating the healer from the priest and laying the groundwork for modern Western medicine.
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