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Hellenica World: Ancient Greek Medical Inventions

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Learn about various medical devices invented and used by the ancient Greeks including "a portable waterclock used to measure the pulse of patients" and a "surgical instrument, known as 'the spoon of Diokles.'"

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ancient greece
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ancient greeks, diocleus cyathiscus, herophilos, herophilus, hippocratic bench, hippocratic treatment of spine injuries, measure pulse, reconstruction of philip ii, syringe, the spoon of diokles, waterclock of herophilos, science
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