n the Editorial Comment by Lavie and Milani (1) accompanying he report by Reeves and associates (2), the correspondents used as heir title “Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease: The Hippocrates aradox?”. Lavie and Milani began their comment by quoting a tatement by Hippocrates, namely, “Sudden death is more comon in those who are naturally fat than in the lean.” Clearly ippocrates recognized the ...

ideas of maternal and paternal contributions to the creation of the foetus. We do not learn, however, whether the bestowal of paternity was peculiar to medicine or if other arts and sciences also gained a male parent at this time. As might be expected, in the practical arena physicians or communities of physicians who considered themselves the upholders of empiricism, of sound no-nonsense pract...

Little is known about the history of spinal deformities in ancient Greece. The present study summarizes what we know today for diagnosis and management of spinal deformities in ancient Greece, mainly from the medical treatises of Hippocrates and Galen. Hippocrates, through accurate observation and logical reasoning was led to accurate conclusions firstly for the structure of the spine and secon...