From a lengthy piece on early medicine at ABC:

The Greek goddess of revenge, Poine, was sent to punish the mortal fools who had angered the gods. Poine also gave us our word "pain," a fact not lost on people who suffer from bodily torment so brutal it feels like divine vengeance.


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Not much more ClassCon outside of that, alas (Hippocrates and willow bark is mentioned)