Hippocrates

 Thessaly has a long and interesting relationship with the history of Medicine. In Pelion, according to Mythology, lived the Healer Hands of the Centaur. The 2nd millennium BC ruled by Asclepius, the god of Medicine. It is believed that Asklepios has his origin from Thessaly and that is why he founded the first Asklepiio in Trikki in the 16th century BC. To date, 12 Asklepiia in Thessaly have been located and located. One of them was found in Gono less than 20 kilometers from Larissa. During the 4th century BC, when the kingdom of the Alevans flourished in Larissa, Hippocrates, the founder of scientific observation, settled in Larissa. Hippocrates refuted the beliefs of antiquity "about disease" as a "curse" of the gods, introduced the description of the symptoms, signs and course of the disease, and described therapeutic and surgical procedures for patients. Hippocrates came from Kos and was the son of Heraclides and Phainaretus, while his lineage was rumored to be related to Herakles and Asclepius. He was born in the first year 4 of the eightieth Olympiad and practiced his profession mainly during the period of the Peloponnesian War. He was a student of his father, who was also a physician, the physician Herod, Gorgias, Leontinus and the philosopher Democritus. After training in medicine, Hippocrates began to practice medicine in Kos. But knowing the ignorance and prevention that prevailed among the doctors of their time, he decided to travel to other places and complete his education as well as spread his faith in clean air, water and the sun. For this reason he left his country in order to observe what was happening in other places and to practice more scientifically. In fact, Soranos mentions that in a dream he was offered to live in Thessaly.

Practicing Medicine throughout Greece, his fame spread very quickly. He won the admiration of many, causing the Macedonian king Perdiccas (considered tubercular = tubercular) to invite him to serve as his personal physician along with the fellow physician Euryphon. He lived for years in Macedonia and was connected by strong friendship with King Perdiccas. The inhabitants of Abdira in Thrace asked him to heal the philosopher Democritus and save their city from the plague. When a plague broke out in the barbarian regions of Illyria and Paeonia, their kings begged him to go to their country but Hippocrates refused to go to a barbarian country. But when he heard the information from the ambassadors of the barbarians and was informed about the course of the winds (of their regions), he estimated that the plague could reach Attica and warned about what would happen, taking care of the cities and his students.

The rumor reached Persia and the Persian king Artaxerxes invited him, through the Hellespontian commander Hystanus, to come to his country promising rich gifts. But Hippocrates refused, since he was modest and patriotic, but not at all greedy. In addition to his medical work, he saved his homeland from war with Athens by pleading with the Thessalians to help it. He was honored with splendor by the Kos people but also by the Thessalians, the Argives and the Athenians.

During his travels, Hippocrates taught and recorded his observations and theories. After his death, his work was collected and became known as the "Hippocratic Collection", a total of 60 works (Six hundred books) containing textbooks, lectures, researches, notes and philosophical essays on various subjects in the field of Medicine. . Among them, it is worth mentioning the Oath, which is a timeless rule of medical ethics and ethics, with the basic principles that must govern the operation of the doctor.

His other works: On Law, On Ancient Medicine, On Anatomy, On Heart, On Food, On Air, Water, Places, On Nature, Prognosis, On Epidemics, On Face, On Dentistry, etc.

His last stop was the land of his ancestors, Thessaly, where he stayed until the end of his life. He died in Larissa in 377 BC, aged 83, and was buried somewhere between Gyrtonos, Tyrnavos and Larissa.