Byzantine medicine

Overview

Byzantine Medicine drew largely on Ancient Greek and Roman knowledge, tending to compile works into textbooks, such as Paul of Aegina's compendium. However, late antiquity witnessed a revolution in the medical scene, many sources mention Hospitals in passing (although their own History can be drawn back to Imperial Rome), and Constantinople doubtless was the center of such activities in the Middle Ages, owing to it's geographical position, wealth and Ancient knowledge.

Arguably the first Byzantine Physician was Vienna Dioscurides, a resident in Rome during the late 5th Century.