How Would An Ancient Greek Doctor Treat Your Symptoms?

It's flu season! Are you feeling under the weather? Definitely don't do what this quiz tells you to. But if you're curious about how a doctor in ancient Greece would treat your symptoms, go no further.

Caroline Wazer
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On Nov 19, 2015

What is your most noticeable symptom?

How long have you been feeling sick?

Have you tried any treatments already?

Do you get sick often?

Are you an adult?

Bloodletting

Bloodletting

Sorry to hear you're feeling sick! The Greek physician Galen would have treated you by cutting open one of your blood vessels to drain the stagnant, excess blood he believed was causing your illness. Bloodletting wasn't performed on everyone -- children, for example, were rarely bled -- but if you were a candidate, the amount of blood removed depended on how sick you were, with the sickest patients being bled the most.

Purging

Purging

Aww, you feel sick? Ancient Greek doctors knew what will make you feel better: forced vomiting and laxatives. The reasoning behind this fun treatment was the belief that your illness must have been caused by an overabundance of a bodily fluid, such as bile -- so, naturally, the best way to get better would be to flush everything out of your system.

Nothing

Nothing

Yikes! You're so sick that an ancient Greek doctor would refuse to treat you. Think of it as ancient malpractice insurance: if a physician didn't think you had a good chance of recovering, he didn't want anyone to be able to blame your failure to improve on his treatment. I guess you could try praying to Asclepius, the healing god?

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