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Hippocratic views in the treatment of rectal prolapse
G Tsoucalas1, T G Papaioannou2, G V Papatheodoridis3
1University Institute of History of Medicine, Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France.
Abstract:
Known since antiquity, rectal prolapse was first studied systematically by Hippocrates (460-377 BC) who recognized the predisposing factors and proposed several therapeutic approaches such as defecation positions, manual retraction and specific herbal or mineral based anti-haemorrhagic and pain-killing poultices. Hippocratic medicine avoided invasive surgical procedures probably due to a lack of knowledge in human anatomy. However, Hippocrates' views astonishingly lasted in time, presenting similarities to current medical theories on rectal prolapse.
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