INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, ATHENS

摘要

The Seventeenth International Congress for the History of Medicine was unusual in that it took place on land and sea. Nearly two hundred delegates from more than forty countries convened on September 3 at Athens, Greece, to follow a twelve-day program which led from historic sites on the mainland to a five-day cruise of historic islands of the Aegean Sea. Of the ten scientific sessions that were held the first took place in the ancient theater of Epidaurus. What could a delegate say in such a setting that could be half as instructive as the setting itself? Here were impressive archeological remains of one of the greatest of the early Greek temples of healing, sacred to Aesculapius and to Hippocrates. Again, on the island of Cos, birthplace of Hippocrates, a session was held in historic surroundings. At this meeting an "International Hippocratic Foundation of Cos" was created, which hopes to make Cos an inter-national center for the discussion of medicine. It plans to hold meetings every five years designated as a medical Olympics.