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GEORGE A. SISSON, SR, MD
Chicago

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1988;114(2):132.

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Chiron, allegedly the grandfather of medicine, was a centaur—half man, half horse. According to Loring Pratt, our Society's 16th president, who has done considerable research into the mythologic history of ancient Greece, centaurs were bawdy beasts noted for their unpredictability, overindulgence, violence, and general bad humor.

Chiron was the son of Saturn and Philra, a sea nymph, and was born a centaur because his father changed himself into a stallion and Philra into a mare to deceive Rhea, Saturn's wife. Actually, Chiron was raised by Apollo and Artemis, who taught him not only the arts of medicine but also music, hunting, and the art of prophecy.

Cast statue (12 in) of Chiron given to every president of the American Society of Head and Neck Surgery.

Intelligent, artistic, and extremely fair in all transactions, remarkably unlike the common rough and rude centaurs, Chiron became a favorite and highly respected teacher for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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