Luciana Elsa Acosta Güemes

Ophthalmology in Ancient Egypt

Luciana Elsa Acosta Güemes & Ana María Cusumano · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2022

The civilization of Ancient Egypt is the one that has the most references regarding the work of ophthalmologists, compared to the rest of the ancient civilizations. There are complete anatomical and treatment descriptions. Pepi Ankh Or Iri, who lived between 2270 and 2210 BC, is...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2022/v35i4763

Education and Medical Practice in Ancient Greece, the Alexandrian Period and the Western Roman Empire: Advantages and Disadvantages from a Contemporary Perspective

Luciana Elsa Acosta Güemes & Ana María Cusumano · Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies · 2022

During pre-Hippocratic times, medical education and practice in Greece were influenced by supernatural and religious beliefs. With Hippocrates of Cos, the doctor ceased to be a religious healer to become a naturalist, since he studied disease for the first time as an objective na...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajess/2022/v35i2755