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Hippocrates. Hippocrates of Kos (/ hɪˈpɒkrətiːz /, ‹See Tfd› Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, translit. Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.
Sep 23, 2024 · Hippocrates, ancient Greek physician who lived during Greece’s Classical period and is traditionally regarded as the father of medicine. He has been revered for his ethical standards in medical practice, mainly for the Hippocratic Oath, which, it is suspected, he did not write.
Lived 460 BC – c. 370 BC. Hippocrates is regarded as the father of Western medicine. He systematized medical treatments, disentangling them from religion and superstitions.
Apr 20, 2016 · Mark Cartwright (CC BY-NC-SA) Hippocrates was born on the Greek island of Kos in the 5th century BCE, and he became the most famous physician in antiquity. He established a medical school on the island, wrote many treatises on medical matters, and is, through his systematic and empirical investigation of diseases and remedies, credited with ...
Hippocrates (c. 450—c. 380 B.C.E.) Hippocrates of Cos was said to have lived sometime between 450 BCE to 380 BCE. He was a physician, and the writings of the Corpus Hippocraticum provide a wealth of information on biomedical methodology and offer one of the first reflective codes of professional ethics. Though Plato (a contemporary) makes ...
Hippocrates , (born c. 460 bc, island of Cos, Greece—died c. 375, Larissa, Thessaly), Greek physician regarded as the father of medicine. During his lifetime, he was admired as a physician and teacher.
Jan 1, 2017 · Aristotle (384–322 BC), whose father was also a physician, refers to Hippocrates as a great doctor (Aristot. Pol. 7.1326a). According to Plato, he was as a physician considered as famous as, for example, the philosopher Protagoras and the sculptors Polycleitus and Pheidias in their professions (Plat. Prot. 311b–e).
The only contemporaneous mention of Hippocrates is in Plato 's dialogue Protagoras, where Plato describes Hippocrates as "Hippocrates of Kos, the Asclepiad". [8] [9] Hippocrates taught and practiced medicine throughout his life, traveling at least as far as Thessaly, Thrace, and the Sea of Marmara. [7]
May 17, 2018 · Moreover, one of the most important of the treatises, Nature of Man, which is very closely connected to other works of the corpus, can confidently be attributed to Polybius, the disciple and son-in-law of Hippocrates, through the testimony of Aristotle (History of Animals III, 3, 512b-513a).
Oct 2, 2014 · Hippocrates is considered the father of medicine, enemy of superstition, pioneer of rationality and fount of eternal wisdom. Statues and drawings show him with a furrowed brow, thinking hard...
