The Ancient Medicine and Its Mediterranean Nature
The Ancient Medicine and Its Mediterranean Nature

Summary/Abstract: The Mediterranean nature of ancient medicine is evident in many senses. Since the Neolithic, this area has been a place of contact for many opposites: high and inaccessible mountains and gentle river systems, harsh deserts, and fertile valleys. Therefore, the imbalance and the exchange that aimed to establish balance are, in fact, the nature of the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean cultural and natural world impregnated the Greek, Latin, and Jewish medical cures. Galen was generally inclined to search for the cause of illness not just in the patient itself, but in his environment (water, soil, air, etc.). Hence, I would like to claim that the ancient understanding of health concerned the medi(terranean)ating of various agents. The Mediterranean culture of medical treatment focused not only on the shape of the body and soul, but also on the specific human reflection about the variety of relationships one has towards the outside world.

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