title: The Thasian epidemic of mumps during the 5th century BC.
abstract: This article briefly reminds the readers of the huge importance of Hippocrates observation about the epidemic of mumps in Thasos during the fifth century BC. By putting great emphasis on the value of observation of the disease process, mainly from the practical point of view, the Corpus Hippocraticum gave us the first written detailed description of the disease.
authors.affiliation: History of Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece. gregorytsoucalas@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tsoucalas
authors.forename: Kostantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Laios
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karamanou
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
mesh_terms: D058872:Epidemics / Q000266:history*; D000076145:Greece, Ancient; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D009107:Mumps / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history*