The art of providing resuscitation in greek mythology
Review
Overview
MeSH Major
Evidence-Based Medicine
Greek World
Mythology
Narration
Resuscitation
abstract
Although several narratives of Greek mythology might suggest modern resuscitation techniques, they do not clearly indicate that ancient Greeks presaged scientific methods of resuscitation. Nevertheless, these elegant tales reflect humankind's optimism that a dying human might be restored to life if the appropriate procedures were implemented. Without this optimism, scientific improvement in the field of resuscitation might not have been achieved.
