Greek Medicine

Abstract

The closest approximations to a global, theoretical, and scientific worldview in Egyptian times were magic and demonology, although the Egyptians had considerable practical information about mathematics, biology, and even engineering. Even so, it is only in ancient Greece that we find anything resembling true scientists. Although they did not have the sophisticated technology that we have today, men like Thales, Anaximenes, Anaximander, and others were possibly the first to adopt scientific methodology, theory construction, and testing via observation.