ANTİK SANATTA FLEBOTOMİ İLE İLGİLİ MERMER BİR ADAK

Most gods and goddesses were believed to have the power to heal in the ancient Greek period. For this reason, people went to the healing temples in the name of various gods and goddesses for the treatment of their diseases. Among these temples, the Asklepions, the temples builded in the name of Asclepius, served men in the search for health. Patients who wish a treatment or have been treated in the temples offered a variety of votives to God. One of these inscriptions was discovered in the Asklepion of Pergamon, one of the most important Asklepions of the period. The translation of the Greek inscription revealed that it was presented to Asclepius by the patient who took blood by phlebotomy. It is seen that the marble stone with the inscription on phlebotomy as a surgical treatment is a unique example. The use of phlebotomy method in the treatment of hypocratic scientific antique physicians in a period of religious and mystical treatment has attracted considerable attention.