Gregory Tsoucalas*, Marianna Karamanou, Theodoros G. Papaioannou and Markos Sgantzos Pages 1275 - 1278 ( 4 )
Anaxagoras and Empedocles both established during the Presocratic era a pioneering theory for the creation of everything in the universe. Macrocosmos' impact through the "Four Elements Theory" explained the conglomeration of the blood inside the vessels. Hippocrates, who instituted the "Four Humours theory", clearly understood blood's coagulation and introduced the term "thrombus". Plato, Aristotle and Galen, all engaged with the clotting phenomenon trying to interpret it. After eons of inquiry, it was the innovative thinking of the ancient Greek medico philosophers that set the scientific bases towards the understanding of a process that had been analyzing until our era.
Blood, clot, thrombus, coagulation, empedocles, hippocrates, aristotle, galen, ancient greece.
Ieroloxiton 155, Agioi Anargyroi, Volos, P.C. 38334, History of Medicine Department, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Biomedical Engineering Unit, 1st Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Anatomy Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa