@article{ART003245704},
author={Song Chang Ho},
title={Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon},
journal={Anatomy & Biological Anthropology},
issn={2671-5651},
year={2025},
volume={38},
number={3},
pages={153-158}
TY - JOUR
AU - Song Chang Ho
TI - Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon
JO - Anatomy & Biological Anthropology
PY - 2025
VL - 38
IS - 3
PB - 대한체질인류학회
SP - 153
EP - 158
SN - 2671-5651
AB - Alcmaeon of Croton is known to have lived around 500 B.C. in the same era as Pythagoras. He was the first philosopher and physician who dissected humans to understand the structure and function of human bodies. He also dissected animals for the purpose of understanding animal body structures. I am not sure how he used the dissection, but some of his remaining literature can help us understand his anatomical achievements and medical thinking. He understood a healthy state as a harmonious balance of the body and thought that this balance’s dissonance caused disease. Alcmeon presented two important ideas about the natural sciences. First, the brain is responsible for human intelligence. Second, Science rejects what is chosen by God’s revelation, and doctors must draw conclusions only through empirical observation. The purpose of this study is to examine the anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon, and to publicize the great achievements of Alcmaeon, a pioneer in anatomy, to today’s people
KW - Alcmaeon;Anatomist;Anatomical achievements;Medical thinking
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Song Chang Ho. (2025). Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, 38(3), 153-158.
Song Chang Ho. 2025, "Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon", Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, vol.38, no.3 pp.153-158.
Song Chang Ho "Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 38.3 pp.153-158 (2025) : 153.
Song Chang Ho. Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon. 2025; 38(3), 153-158.
Song Chang Ho. "Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 38, no.3 (2025) : 153-158.
Song Chang Ho. Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology, 38(3), 153-158.
Song Chang Ho. Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon. Anatomy & Biological Anthropology. 2025; 38(3) 153-158.
Song Chang Ho. Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon. 2025; 38(3), 153-158.
Song Chang Ho. "Anatomical achievements and medical thinking of Alcmaeon" Anatomy & Biological Anthropology 38, no.3 (2025) : 153-158.
