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The Internal Cause Of Ailments In Ancient Greece

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As the era of the Egyptians came to an end, the Greek civilization rose around 700 BC. The Greeks were known for their great philosophy and Greek doctors while practicing medicine used this same type of rational thinking. In one of the earliest medical schools the doctors began observing patients. Alcmaeon, a medical theorist and philosopher, was one of the first people to consider the internal causes of ailments. He also proposed the idea that illness could be caused by diet, lifestyle, or the environment. The Greeks, like the Egyptians still believed in their gods. When the idea of the elements was created, Greek doctors thought that ailments were caused by natural means and would thus best be treated naturally versus the old spells and
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