Türe Hatice, Türe Uğur, Göğüş F Yilmaz, Valavanis Anton, Yaşargil M Gazi
Department of Anesthesiology, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine, Samsun, Turkey.
Neurosurgery. 2005;56(1):178-85; discussion 185-6. doi: 10.1227/01.neu.0000146209.19341.3b.
We reviewed many of the essential Greek myths to identify the methods used at that time to relieve the pain of both illness and surgery, and we discovered many pioneering methods. Both gods and demigods implemented these methods to ease pain, to conduct surgery, and, on occasion, to kill mythological beings. The myths describe the three most common components of anesthesia: hypnosis, amnesia, and (an)algesia. Drugs and music-aided hypnosis were two of the most common methods use to treat emotional and surgical pain. This article identifies highlights in the development of concepts to treat pain in Greek mythology. The examples found in the Greek myths remind us of the historical significance of pain treatment.
我们回顾了许多重要的希腊神话，以确定当时用于缓解疾病和手术疼痛的方法，并且我们发现了许多开创性的方法。众神和半神都运用这些方法来减轻疼痛、实施手术，有时还用来杀死神话中的生物。这些神话描述了麻醉最常见的三个组成部分：催眠、失忆和镇痛。药物和音乐辅助催眠是治疗情绪性疼痛和手术疼痛最常用的两种方法。本文指出了希腊神话中疼痛治疗概念发展的要点。希腊神话中的这些例子让我们想起了疼痛治疗的历史意义。
