Aretaeus lived in an era when cancer was known to be a fatal disease. He had understood both liver's capacity to regenerate, and its vital role for the body's homeostasis, and proposed the treatment to confront hepatic cancer. Although human's anatomy was well studied, especially in the Alexandrian School, and a plethora of surgical instruments and techniques were available, he had suggested a ...

To the Editor, Aretaeus of Cappadocia is a controversial figure in the history of ancient Greek medicine. Whether he was a victim of plagiarism or a plagiarist initiated a heated debate about his dating, which fluctuated from 1st BC c. to 4th AD c., although most scholars prefer 2nd AD c. (1). Nevertheless, no one denied that he was a physician who formed the most accurate descriptions of disea...

Aretaeus (Aretaios) was a physician born in Cappadocia in about the 2nd century AD, a student of medicine and physician in Alexandria. His works are found in eight books which espoused the physiological and pathological views of the Hippocratic principles derived from the pneumatists and the eclectic schools. Though he has been called the forgotten physician, it has been said that: 'after Hippo...

aretaeus of cappadokia, lived in an era when cancer was already a disease, well known for its deadly outcome. inside his momentous treatise, composed of 8 books, he had outlined various types of cancer. he had understood cancer’s fatality and proposed some curative treatments. our manuscript composes the fragments related to cancer, in an effort to present aretaeus’ views on the matter.  he had...

Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great (356-323B.C.) and established by the Ptolemaic Pharaohs, was the seat of learning for many famous Greek physicians. Its teachers had access to a library of some 7,000 scrolls, probably the largest collection of any country. Hellenistic Alexandria’s renowned scholars included the physiologist Erasistratus, Herophilus (c. 330-c. 260 B.C.) [1] (Figure 1)-...

CoNTRARY to chronology, or the logic of first things first-but to nobody's surprisethe latest ideas about strokes are readily accessible, while much effort is needed to bridge the gap lying in the direction of their past.' Yet the essential observations go far back and are much hidden by contemporary, often ephemeral growth. We hardly get to see the wood for the leaves. Where are the stems that...

BACKGROUND ARETAEUS 1 study showed that a great majority of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) of short duration did not meet all of the treatment goals. Since then the treatment goals in T2DM have been changed. The aim of the ARETAEUS 2-Grupa Study was to assess cardiovascular (CV) risk management and meeting treatment goals in the population of T2DM of more than 10-year duration. ...