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Robinson, David, "Following the Footsteps of the Great Physician: Health Care in the Early Church", Jubilee, Primavera (2012), 17-21.
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Història de la medicina
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- Outside of family care, there were physicians in antiquity; however, they were not licensed and many so-called physicians were quacks. Even those with medical training practiced with mixed motives. As the second-century physician Galen described the doctors of his day, "some practice the medical art for monetary gain, some because of exemptions granted them by the laws, some from love of their fellow men (dia philanthropian), others again for the fame and honour that attend the profession" (De plac. Hip. et Plat. 9.5.4). 3 Doctors rarely practiced because of philanthropia, love for humanity. Fame and money were the primary motivations, and a doctor's reputation and income depended on the success of his treatment, which meant he was reluctant to treat severe or chronic illness.
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