Hi Kurt, I got curious about the Apollo comment because I never read that before. Anyway, this is one of the references I found and thought you might enjoy it. It made me laugh. Just substitute modern terminology, for example, gods of prophecy/priests/ = doctors; temple/abaton =- hospitals/nursing/hospice/doctors offices. Visions/dreams - big pharma tv commercials; offerings; health ins/medicade; etc. etc. Things haven't changed much....have they. :)
"In the temple of Artemis, sister of Apollo, god of prophecy, patients would pray and make offerings for aid. The most important building, however, was the abaton. After making offerings to the gods, patients were ordered to sleep in the abaton and not to open their eyes under any circumstances. During the night Asclepius, his daughters, and his priests would visit patients in turn. Asclepius was believed to examine each patient before applying remedies, medicines made of natural ingredients. Some patients reported that Asclepius had sent snakes to lick their wounds clean. When the patients woke the next morning, they would often declare themselves totally cured. Even patients suffering from blindness or other seemingly incurable conditions reported success. The priests would also prescribe treatments and regimes based on a patient's visions or dreams while asleep. Patients who had been cured left offerings of money or inscribed tablets detailing their treatment at the temples. Success may have been more to do with the physical regime or the practical treatments devised by the priests, but belief in the healing powers of Asclepius also had a positive effect. Kurt Milkowski <kurt.milkow...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Hey Carol, >I feel bad for these people having been brainwashed. >I know its the hippocratic oath, the oath was origionally made to the god >appolo. Kurt Carol Ann <saffiresk...@yahoo.com> wrote: Kurt ~ Question.What do you think about the millions of people who go to doctors with mysterious complaints. Regards, Carol Ann ~ The only thing that is different is how you think.. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
