Vol 122, No 3 (2017)
Original Article

Clinical anatomy and medical education. The role of hellenistic terracotta figurines of Smyrna

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  • Konstantinos Laios,
  • Marilita M. Moschos,
  • George Androutsos
Konstantinos Laios
1st Ophthalmological Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Marilita M. Moschos
1st Ophthalmological Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
George Androutsos
Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens; Athens

Published 2018-04-09

Keywords

  • Clinical anatomy,
  • hellenistic period,
  • terracotta figurines

How to Cite

Laios, K., Moschos, M. M., & Androutsos, G. (2018). Clinical anatomy and medical education. The role of hellenistic terracotta figurines of Smyrna. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, 122(3), 192–195. Retrieved from https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ijae/article/view/1606
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Abstract

There has been a great controversy whether the terracotta figurines representing figures with the characteristics of disease found in Smyrna and dated at the Hellenistic period were used as models of clinical anatomy in the nearby famous in the antiquity medical school or were grotesque representations. In order to answer this problem we propose the examination of these figurines using special criteria. Every figurine should be examined separately to decide if it was a medical model, an apotropaic symbol or a portrait.

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