The story of Queen Atossa and her breast - and what it doesn't tell us.
Tag: Persia
Should physicians treat their enemies?
There are a lot of mistaken ideas about the ‘Hippocratic oath’; for example, that it was written by the real Hippocrates (deeply unlikely – probably written way after his supposed lifetime); that it bans abortion (no, it bans giving an abortive pessary to someone asking for one, so other methods could be fine, and… Continue reading Should physicians treat their enemies?
Mistaking histories 