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  1. Beginnings. Hippocrates was born in 460 BC (the first year of the 80th Olympiad) on the island of Kos in Ancient Greece. Hippocrates was a common name in Greece, so to be certain of his identity, he is often referred to as Hippocrates of Kos or Hippocrates the Great. On a timeline of illustrious scholars, Hippocrates lived after Pythagoras; at ...

  2. Apr 20, 2016 · Hippocrates was the first to separate medicine from philosophy & HE believed in the importance of diet & exercise for a healthy body. In antiquity, many legends arose of Hippocrates' great talents but most of these are likely pure invention. He reportedly discovered that King Perdiccas II of Macedon 's health problems were down to lovesickness ...

  3. Aug 9, 2023 · Hippocrates was born on the Aegean island of Kos around the middle of the fifth century, BCE. With little knowledge of his life experiences, historians rely on a biography written some 500 years ...

  4. Hippocrates. Hippocrates, Roman bust copied from a Greek original, c. 3rd century bce; in the collection of the Antichità di Ostia, Italy. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Hippocrates of Cos II or Hippokrates of Kos (ca. 460 B.C.E. – ca. 370 B.C.E.) Greek: Ἱπποκράτης Hippokrátēs, was an ancient Greek physician of the "Age of Pericles," and was considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.He is referred to as the "father of medicine" in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the ...

  7. Introduction. OF all the Hippocratic writings the Oath, in spite of its shortness, is perhaps the most interesting to the general reader and also to the modern medical man. Whatever its origin, it is a landmark in the ethics of medicine. Yet its exact relationship to the history of medicine is unknown, and apparently, in our present state of ...

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