Redpill me on Asclepius

Wasn't a real god.

>>1903518

People credit him with the invention of medicine as a concept, but really he was just a god using his innate supernatural powers to mimick real medicine.

>>1903564
Who really invented medicine then?

>>1903564
Wasn't Apollo the god of medicine?

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>>1903518
Enemy of Flip Flap

His hospitals had snakes slithering around them, Hygenia was one of his daughters and cleanliness was important.

>>1903616

The plants, anon. Someone was sick and happened to drink tea that had some willow bark in it for what ever reason and he got better.

My guess is that these things just happen by pure chance, like the discovery of how to make fire.

>>1903518
>go to Asclepius for treatment
>orders his dogs to lick me
>I instantly walk out
Wtf is wrong with this kook

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>>1905521

>dogs to lick me
>walk out

>not knowing that that is actually good for you

>>1905497

think youre underestimating how much effort and dedication people put in such things, even if the knowledge accumulated slowly trough generations and many things were often wrong

>>1905521
IIRC saliva has healing(mending) qualities and is one of the reasons someone instinctively puts a finger with a bloody cut in their mouth to suck on.