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THE HEALTH SYSTEM IN ANCIENT GREECE
The Greek city-state among other facilities provided
the body of citizens included and free medical
care. The Public doctors were paid by local governments
usually on an annual basis to provide the required medical
treatments to patients as appropriate.
The provision of public medical care was considered as something given to
the legislators. So far there is no evidence that
due to the legislative work of Solon, which advocates
oldest establishment of this institution.
The doctors mentioned by Homer as a special category of people
(Homer, Odyssey, xvii ,382-384) and Plato ranked in the lower
class of craftsmen (Plato, Gorgias, 445b). Diodorus Siculus
rescues an order of the legislature Charon who had ordered all
Without exception, the individuals receive care physician
paid at public expense (Diodorus Siculus, xii.13). For the case
Athens of classical times indirect information provided by
the works of Aristophanes.
The Dikaiopolis in the comedy of Aristophanes' Acharneis "urged the poor and blind
Farmer to visit the famous surgeon Pittalo (Aristophanes, Acharnians 1027-1032)
while at work "Wasps" is misolipothymos Lamachos requesting a government surgeon
(Aristophanes, Wasps 1432).
Commentators say that the "civil surgeon" elected to public methods and offered
medical services without payment (Suidas sv, Scholiast ad Aristoph. Acharn. 1030).
H reference to this specific group of doctors were under the following conditions:
The public doctor, the promulgator doctor, the public and the physician.
In Roman times are known with the terminology "head physician".
 The annual salary of a government doctor in
cities of Classical Greece must
ranged at about 500 drachmas in
following centuries, their pay increased
in astronomical payments eg the Asklipiadis
from Perge in the 2nd century BC received 1000
Dr the Aegean city of Seleucia in
Pamphylia. In many cases public
Doctors create properties such as doctors
Delphi Filistos who offered the
3rd century BC as a donation to the birthplace of Kos
the sum of 4,000 drachmas to cover
military spending.
EPITAFIOS Memorial COLUMN DEVOTED TO THE JASON THE DOCTOR FROM DEKMO AHARNES
MEDICAL TOOLS OF ANCIENT GREEK 
A t start the "Doctor" should have been a little
private room with equipment, in the era of Galen
(Second century AD) but the room had just become
in older buildings equipped than state funds.
Physicians, by creating large hospitals
(Mainly military) visited the
patients at home. Those who were asked to choose
doctors in public places of the city are not
others were from residents through direct voting.
The candidate was not a doctor but
convince the voters for their unique
talents and exceptional abilities.
This does not mean that the elected physician was the most excellent or better
from private doctors.
According to Plato, the doctors Candidates for public office had before the election
to warrant the best way their candidacy to be elected
(Plato, Gorgias, 514d) and elsewhere in the project, Socrates having identified the potential
risk from such a subjective choice argues that even a lawyer with the appropriate
speech could be elected to this office (Plato, Gorgias, 456b).
 I n any case, voters knew
them falls the responsibility of the election which is not
leaves unremarked Xenophon (Xenophon
Cyropaedia I, 6,15). In the similar commentary is underway and the
Cynic philosopher Telis who in his
"On the flight" without equivocation load responsibility
whoever the wrong choice (shame) public
doctor to voters. The doctors were present
all public events such as festivals and
particularly in sports games so they can directly
transferors to treat athletes with injury.
Also public doctors had specific tasks as
medical surveillance of groups of "Teen"
during their military training and service.
All groups of teenagers had military public doctors a timeless institution
true today in any organized army. Regarding the importance of military doctors
Greeks since Homeric times were aware of the irreplaceable services
and for this reason had been removed from daily chores and warfare
to devote themselves to the restoration work (Diodorus Siculus, iv, 71). The doctors both
public and private was organized in clubs around the cult of Asclepius.
In Athens, the temple of Asclepius were on the south side of the Acropolis.
ASKLIPIOS
 In ccording to Herodotus, the most popular doctor
before Hippocrates was Dimokidis of Croton
(Herodotus, iii, 131). Originally moved to Aegina
the second year of his stay on the island was
the office of public recognition of the physician
skills from the locals. In the third year
the state as a physician hired by the Athenians
offering the same salary. Then
the tyrant of Samos Polycrates climate rivalry
the Greek cities hired
Dimokidi with an annual salary of two talents a year.
The brilliant career
the Dimokidi made him the most popular physician of the Greek world and gave
the birthplace of his legacy that offers the best doctors. Many are
physicians in the profession do not hesitate to travel across the length
and widths of the Greek world to offer their services several times
even under adverse conditions which have responded with remarkable spirit
selflessness. The doctor Damiadas from Sparta, he served after a public vote
doctor in the town of Gytheion for two years and show unwavering personal and
professional conduct. When the city of Gytheion due to poor economic situation
could not gather the required annual payroll, the Damiadas refused
payable for the year. For this sacrifice, the city honored him with the titles
the "Consul" and "benefactor." The Menokritos o Samios served the town of Karpathos
for 20 years (Inscription, I.G. xii, i, 1032, second century BC).
 B efore this offering unpaid services
the city of Rhodes. Great was the goodness of
in his hometown of Kos where, among other
exploits during the siege of the city
by Phillip U (Polybius, iii, 2, 8; Appian, Macedonica, 4)
o Menokritos by taking as a starting unselfishness and his own
the personal expenses perielthapte indiscriminately from
morning till evening the injured
fellow citizens. In Lamia, the son of Mitrodorou
Andromeni helped everyone who asked for help in
without receiving payment (Inscription.IG ix, ii, 69, second
century BC). O Apollonius of Miletus, although not
a public doctor volunteered to serve as
such on the island of Tinos in a difficult for the city
period, and agreed not to accept a salary for
first six months. But when a new calamity (famine) followed the island have not abandoned
but continued to sacrifice and selflessness to cure or relieve. A doctor by Herms
Kos will surprise everyone in self-sacrifice to relieve the wounded soldiers and
from two fronts in the war that broke out between Gortyn and Knossos at the end of the third
century BC Cities recognized it their offer and honored accordingly. The gifts they
have been both material eg crown of gold, oil and money gifts eg naturalization and
titlodosia as "Consul" and "benefactor." The city of Elatia in Phocis in memory and
in gratitude to the person's doctor Asklipiodorou from Kos, gave
privileges for those physicians whose name began with the first-Askl .O Asklipiodoros not only
had helped the sick of Elatia and gave a series of public lectures on
the public health (Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum, III, 416, second century BC).
The Delphi 235p.Ch will exempt the doctor Filisto and descendants of any
including taxes including tax on the NHS. The exemption
This was necessary as a gesture of gratitude to the valuable services of doctor of Delphi
offered without exception, both locals and pilgrims. In the city of Corinth
City will honor the public doctor Satyr (Inscriptions of Cos 409, second sentury BC)
 T he Greek doctors because of the spirit and selflessness
high sense of duty offered their services
those who needed them, without exception, with help
social and economic classes of people. Slaves
they were integrated in the program of medical assistance.
For them, the boss had to pay a special
persons 'medical'. The honorary column in the municipality of Gytheion
in honor of Damiadi praising his contribution which
directed to all indiscriminately as perielthapte poor
rich, slave and free. Plato left just
responsibility of slaves to their masters without commenting
more (Plato, Laws, 720 be). The action exceeded
the human race and extended to animals, especially
domesticated. The Mitrodorou reported by residents
Lamia as "Medic". Scrolls From the Hellenistic Egypt is known a
special tax designed to pay the "ippiatrikon» (Pap.Hideh ,45,257-256 BC) a
tax's existence continued until at least the fourth century. special interest
noteworthy is the case of Hellenistic Ptolemaic Egypt. Because of
expanded bureaucracy of the state every movement of public doctors were defined by
details on protocol. The public should first doctor to act in accordance with
written advice of his colleagues which functioned as guides treatment
diseases. In the case that although compliance with the directives and appropriate treatment,
the patient passed away the doctor relieved from further liability for error search
handlings. Otherwise the doctor prosecuted if appropriate
penalties (Diodorus Siculus, i, 82; 12). Aristotle says that the doctor could
act at will only after three days of treatment consistent with the
existing written instructions. After this time if the proceedings had been brought
no visible result could follow his own personal therapy
(Aristotle, Politics, 1286a). In Egypt, the minister who had shouldered the smooth functioning
the public health service has brought the title "to doctors' such as
The Chrysermos from Alexandria, son of Heraclitus and blood relative of
King Ptolemy VI [Inscription.Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae (OGIS), 104, reing
of Ptolemy VI (I81-146) BC from Delos].
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