The Asclepion
Prof. Nancy Demand, Indiana University - Bloomington
Original Text © 1997 The Trustees of Indiana University

The Asclepion provides information on health and medicine in the ancient cultures of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Using translations of ancient medical text, historical facts, and images of ancient medical instruments, Demand presents the history of ancient medicine in layman's terms.

Introduction to the Study of Ancient Medicine

Health and Medicine in Ancient Cultures

• Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia
• Medicine in Ancient Egypt
• Medicine in Ancient Greece
  • Medicine in Homer
  • Foundations of Hippocratic Medicine
  • Hippocratic Oath
  • Overview of Hippocratic Epidemics
  • Hippocratic Treatise On Fractures
  • Illness of Maidens
  • Temple Cures
  • The Plague in Athens
  • Hippocratic Use of Drugs

Midwives in the Roman World

Ancient Medical Instrument of Greece and Rome