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Medicina e Chirurgia della Caviglia e del Piede 2023 August;47(2):28-31

DOI: 10.23736/S2284-2993.23.01857-5

Copyright © 2023 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: Italian

“Incubation” according to pre-Hippocratic Greek medicine

Carmelo ERRICHIELLO

Centro di Chirurgia del Piede, Clinica Fornaca di Sessant, Turin, Italy



The author reports some considerations on the medical-priestly practice of pre-Hippocratic Greece, called “incubation.”


KEY WORDS: History of medicine; Infectious disease incubation period; Greek world

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