Word: aesculapius
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...school of Salemo, near Naples. During the early centuries of Christianity the practice of medicine was almost entirely in the hands of monks. They devoted themselves to its study, handed downs its secrets to the members of their brotherhood, and continued the good work begun by the priests of AEsculapius, who were said to closely resemble monks in their convictions of the religiousness of a life devoted to the relief of suffering, Gradually in the course of a few decades, the instruction of these monks developed into a full university course of three years in the arts and five...