title: Hecamede: Homeric nurse of the battle-wounded in the Trojan War.
abstract: The Homeric epics present the 10-year lasting Trojan War, offering the description of battle wounds and medical care of injuries. Hecamede is referred by the Homer as a battlefield nurse who had knowledge of the treatment of bleeding battle wounds.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital 'Asklepieio Voulas', Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Alexia P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Balanika
authors.forename: Christos S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Baltas
mesh_terms: D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D018645:Greek World / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000266:history*; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history; D011037:Poetry as Topic / Q000266:history*; D014857:Warfare; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Hecamede; Homeric epics; Iliad; Kykeon; Trojan War; ancient Greece; history; injury; medicine; nursing; wounds