tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "The reported thoracic injuries in Homer’s Iliad"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Wertheim cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: The reported thoracic injuries in Homer’s Iliad. | Apostolakis et al. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5 114 http content 5 1 114 JOTS JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY REVIEW Open Access The reported thoracic injuries in Homer s Iliad Efstratios Apostolakis1 Georgia Apostolaki2 Mary Apostolaki3 Maria Chorti4 Abstract Homer s Iliad is considered to be a prominent and representative work of the tradition of the ancient Greek epic poetry. In this poem Homer presents the battles which took place during the last year of the 10-year lasting Trojan War between Achaeans and Trojans. We wanted to examine the chest wounds especially those which are described in detail according to their localization severity and mortality. Finally there are reported 54 consecutive thoracic injuries in the Iliad. The mostly used weapons were the spear 63 the stones the arrow and the sword . We divided the injuries according to their severity in mild those which did not cause serious injury to the victim medium those which cause the victim to abandon the battlefield and severe those which cause death of the victim . According to this classification the reported injuries were mild in medium in and severe in the last of the reported cases. In other words 89 of the injuries belong to the medium or severe category of thoracic injury. As far as the mortality of the injuries is concerned 38 out of 54 thoracic injuries include death which makes the mortality percentage reach . Concerning the allocation of the roles the Achaean were in 68 perpetrators and the Trojans in only 32 . In terms of gravity out of 38 mortal injuries 30 involve a Trojan and the remaining 8 an Achaean . The excellent and detailed description of the injuries by Homer as well as of the symptoms may reveal a man with knowledge of anatomy and medicine who cared for the injured warriors in the battlefield. Introduction .while fighting Idomeneus stabbed at the middle of his chest with the spear and .