I. ARCHAIC MEDICINE IN GREECE 1. The Setting 2. Homeric Medicine 3. Religious Medicine: Asclepius and His Cult 4. Pre-Socratic Philosophers and Early Medical Schools II. HINDU MEDICINE 1. The Setting 2. Early Indus Civilization 3. Vedic Medicine 4. Indian Philosophies and Early Medical Schools III. MEDICINE IN ANCIENT PERSIA 1. Ancient Persia IV. THE GOLDEN AGE OF GREEK MEDICINE 1. Life in the Greek City-States 2. Hippocrates and the Collection of Hippocratic Writings 3. Patient and Physician 4. Medical Theories