The wall remains of the hospital where Hippocrates practiced medicine at Kos Asclepion

The imposing wall ruins of the Kos Asclepion, with a characteristic conical structure emerging among the remains. These walls belonged to buildings where the sick were hospitalized and treated according to the principles of Hippocratic medicine. The conical structure may have been part of a furnace or heating system for the baths. The Kos Asclepion was not only a place of healing but also a true medical school, where Hippocrates taught his disciples the art of diagnosis and therapy based on scientific observation rather than superstition.

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