Tsoucalas G, Papaioannou T G, Papatheodoridis G V, Karamanou M
University Institute of History of Medicine, Claude Bernard University, Lyon, France.
Biomedical Engineering Unit, 1st Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2017 Jul-Sep;80(3):411-415.
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.
直肠脱垂自古以来就为人所知，希波克拉底（公元前460 - 377年）首次对其进行了系统研究。他认识到了诱发因素，并提出了几种治疗方法，如排便姿势、手法回纳以及使用特定的草药或矿物制成的止血和止痛膏药。希波克拉底医学可能由于对人体解剖学知识的缺乏而避免采用侵入性手术程序。然而，希波克拉底的观点令人惊讶地长期存在，与当前关于直肠脱垂的医学理论有相似之处。
