First Department of Orthopaedics, 68993National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, ATTIKON University General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Department of Anatomy, 68989National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Surg Innov. 2021 Dec;28(6):780-793. doi: 10.1177/15533506211006982. Epub 2021 Apr 8.
Greece, one of the oldest civilizations of the world, fundamentally contributed to the establishment and evolution of medicine and surgery. Undoubtedly, the foundations of the orthopaedic science are dated back to antiquity. The journey of the orthopaedic art was inaugurated with the poems of Homer and incarcerated through the practices of Hippocrates and Galen. Their deep knowledge of the musculoskeletal conditions and their treatment was generously bequeathed to humanity. This heritage acted as the catalyst for the establishment of orthopaedics in the modern Greek era. In this article, we tried to illustrate the evolution of the orthopaedic art in Greece from antiquity to modern times, reviewing the available evidence from scientific articles, books, historical manuscripts, old newspapers, and biographies. We summarize the most important events, and we identify the pioneers that shaped this new surgical branch, creating the modern Greek orthopaedic discipline.
希腊是世界上最古老的文明之一，对医学和外科学的建立和发展做出了根本性的贡献。毫无疑问，矫形科学的基础可以追溯到古代。荷马的诗篇开创了矫形艺术的先河，希波克拉底和盖伦的实践将其发扬光大。他们对肌肉骨骼状况及其治疗方法的深刻了解被慷慨地传授给了人类。这一遗产成为现代希腊时代矫形学建立的催化剂。在本文中，我们试图从古至今阐述希腊矫形艺术的发展，从科学文章、书籍、历史手稿、旧报纸和传记中回顾现有的证据。我们总结了最重要的事件，并确定了那些塑造这一新的外科分支、创建现代希腊矫形学科的先驱者。
