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Hippocrates father of medicine

Life line Hippocrates,the Greek physician, was born in 460 B.C in the island of Kos, Greece and died in
377 B.C in Larissa,Thessaly, Greece

The country of Greece • Hippocrates was born and spent all his childhood in Kos, Greece. When
Hippocrates started practicing his profession, he traveled extensively visiting places such as Athens,
Thrace, Thessaly, Delos, and Larissa, which was his final resting place.

The founder of medicine • Hippocrates was the founder of medicine and disease symptoms. He rejected
the views of his time stating that when a person became ill it was because of evil spirits and the disfavor
of the Gods. Instead he came up with the explanation that illness had a more physical explanation.
Hippocrates believed that you must treat the body as a whole, through natural healing and a good diet.
Hippocrates soon developed an oath that is still used by present day physicians. Today Hippocrates is
known as “the father of medicine”.

Hippocratic oath The oath Hippocrates created saying that all physicians are to practice medicine
ethically and honestly.

Dealing with human bones • Hippocrates was the first to come up with idea how to elevate the leg and
keep it secure when it was broke or fractured.

first school of medicine • Hippocrates founded the first school of medicine known as the asclepieion of
kos on the island of kos which was his birth place.

The human body Hippocrates wanted to show that we need to view the body as a whole and not
separate parts

Opera quae apud nos extant omnia Hippocrates also was a writer. This was his first major works.

Works cited • Debus, A.G., (1968) World Who's Who In Science: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable
Scientists from Antiquity to the Present. Chicago: Marquis • Hippocrates: The "Greek Miracle" in
Medicine. Ancient Medicine (Online) http://web1.ea.pvt.K12.pa.us/medant/hippint.htm#history
(November 12, 1997 • Collier, P.F., Oath and Law of Hippocrates (1910). Harvard Classics Volume 38
(Online) gopher..//ftp.std.com//00/obi/book/Hippocrates/Hippocratic.Oath (November 11, 1997). •
Hippocrates. Encyclopedia Britannica (Online) http://www.eb.com/Hippocrates (November 12, 1997)
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1. Hippocrates By: Malik Langa

2. Early life • The person I am doing is Hippocrates Asclepiads. He was born in 467 B.C. born
on the island Cos, off the coast of Halicarnassus island of Greece. • The ancient Greek physician
Hippocrates is called the father of medicine. He proved that disease weren’t caused by gods or
spirits it was caused by natural action. • In his childhood his parents prohibited him to have a good
education. After nine years of school he went to secondary school. After two years in secondary he
was very thorough in athletic training. • He went to study medicine under his father in the form of
apprenticeship. Following his father and doctor named herodicos . he was healing many including
the king Macedonia who had tuberculosis (a lung disease) and helped him recover. • He was put to
the test fighting the plague for three years in Athens. The height of his career was during the
Peloponnesian war. • Well remembered for his teaching of his healing. One time he apprenticed his
own sons, Thessalus , and Draco in the practice of medicine. It was well combined in 400 B.C.E.
then he found a school of medicine in cos. The Hippocrates corpus, is a collection of roughly seventy
books, the oldest surviving medicine books.
3. Hippocratic corpus • In ancient times some works in the Hippocratic Corpus, the first
known edition of which are from the time of the emperor Hadrian (reigned C.E. 117–138), were
recognized as having been written by persons other than Hippocrates. • Modern scholars have no
knowledge of his writing style to prove which of the works Hippocrates wrote. Nowhere in the
Hippocratic Corpus is the entire Hippocratic set of guidelines found. Each subject was written with a
particular reader in mind. Some books are directed toward the physician, some for the pharmacist,
some for the professional physician, and some are directed more at the layman (person who is not
an expert in the field • In Hippocrates's time doctors wrote treatises (written arguments) for the
educated public, who in turn discussed medical problems with their doctors. The aim of these books
was to teach the layman how to judge a physician—not to advise on self-treatment or even first aid
in order to avoid seeing a doctor.
4. More info • These medical treatises made up the Hippocratic Corpus. Modern readers can
see that experimentation played its role in the Hippocratic view of medicine, because the individual
approach to disease is nothing more than experimentation. It is obvious, too, that firsthand
experience played a part, since throughout the Corpus the plant ingredients of remedies are
described by taste and odor. • There are also instances of very basic laboratory-type experiments.
The Sacred Disease, one treatise of the Hippocratic Corpus, describes dissections (the act of being
separated into pieces) of animals, the results of which permitted comparisons to the human body to
be drawn. Further, in their attempts to describe the body, the Hippocratics made use of external
(outside) observation only. In On Ancient Medicine the internal organs are described as they can be
seen or felt externally. It is most unlikely that dissection of the human body was practiced in the fifth
century B.C.E.
5. Hippocrates favored the use of diet and exercise as cures  but realized that some people,
unable to follow such directions, would need medicine. His writings teach that physical handling
could cure some physical troubles, like a dislocated hip, by the doctor moving it back into place •
"For better or worse Hippocrates observed sick people, not diseases." This attitude is a timely
solution to those who formerly insisted on the coldly scientific approach of the Hippocratic physician,
who seemed to be so callous toward his patient. • Little is known of Hippocrates's death other than a
range of date possibilities. Different sources give dates of either 374 B.C.E. , the earliest date, or
350 B.C.E. , the latest date. What lives on in modern medicine is his commitment to the treatment of
disease.
6. Contributions • His contributions to medicine include detailed observations of disease and
its effects, and an understanding of how health is often influenced by external factors. • He
emphasized diet and the clinical examination of biologic functions.
7. Bibliography • http://www.discoveriesinmedicine.com/General-Information-and-
Biographies/http:// • www.notablebiographies.com/He-Ho/Hippocrates.htmlHippocrates.html
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1. The Hippocratic Oath Medical Foundations

2. The Hippocratic Oath • Perhaps the most enduring (certainly the most quoted) tradition in
the history of medicine is the Hippocratic Oath. • Named after the famous Greek physician
Hippocrates, this oath was written as a guideline for the medical ethics of doctors. • Although the
exact words have changed over time, the general content is the same - an oath to respect those who
study the science of medicine, and respect to the patients as well as the promise to treat them to the
best of the physicians' ability.
3. Who was Hippocrates? • For a man considered by many to be the 'Father of Medicine',
little is known about Hippocrates of Cos. • He lived circa 460-380 BC, and was a practicing
physician. • Historians have suggested that Hippocrates might have been an Asclepiad, a member
of a guild of physicians whose origins trace back to Asclepius, the god of healing.
4. Hippocrates
5. From Medical Ideal to Standard Ethics • By the late 17th Century, standards of
professional behavior had been set in the Western World. • The first code of medical ethics to be
adopted by a professional organization was written by English physician Thomas Percival (1740-
1804) in 1794, which was adapted and adopted by the American Medical Association (AMA) in
1846. • This code of ethics, which provided a gold standard for professional physicians, dictated the
moral authority and independence of physicians in service to others and their responsibility towards
the sick, as well as the physician's individual honor.
6. Modern Versions of The Hippocratic Oath • Many people argue that the original
Hippocratic Oath is invalid in a society that has seen drastic socio-economic, political and moral
changes in society since the time of Hippocrates. • This has led to the modification of the oath to
something better suited for our times. • Four of the most widely used versions are the • Declaration
of Geneva • the Prayer of Maimonides • the Oath of Lasagna • the Reinstatement of Hippocratic
Oath
7. What is your opinion? • What do you feel is the Hippocratic Oath's relevance today? • Is it
pointless or an invaluable moral guide? • Should aspiring doctors still be made to take some version
of the oath? • If you were a doctor, would you take the oath? Why? • Identify the following topics:
physician-assisted suicide, abortion, patient confidentiality • With a partner: rewrite the Hippocratic
Oath to reflect modern controversies and technology in medicine
8. Hippocratic Oath oath noun \ōth\: a solemn, usually formal, calling upon God or a god to
witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says •
The HOSA Creed creed noun \krēd\ a set of fundamental beliefs; also: a guiding principle •
Declaration of Geneva declaration noun \de-klə-rā-shən\ the act of declaring, an announcement: a
statement made by a party to a legal transaction usually not under oath • The Florence Nightingale
Pledge pledge noun \plej\ a binding promise or agreement to do or forbear

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1. Hippocrates Sarah Schork
2. My scientist is Hippocrates Hippocrates, also known as the ‘’Father Of Medicine’’, was a
Greek physician. His current and most famous belief is that disease comes naturally, and not due to
 superstition and Gods. He was the founder of the Hippocratic School Of Medicine. This university
revolutionized medicine in ancient Greece, which authorized establishing medicine as a profession. I
chose him because I find that his cause and theories were absolutely terrific, and his name,
extremely catchy.
3. Hippocrates’ Birth Certificate
4. September 2nd,450 BC • My dear friend, I don’t particularly enjoy the company of the local
boys. They all seem to appease themselves with acts of cruelty upon the living, such as small birds
and cats. But why? Seeing as how he is a physician, my father always taught me to value life. Not
crush it to pieces. One day, I plan on changing that.
6. Timeline. • Around 460 B.C. Hippocrates was born. • 431 B.C.- 404 B.C.:The heart of
Hippocrates’ career awakens with the Peloponnesian War. • Died in 377 B.C. • 200 B.C.- A
collection of Hippocrates’ theories and ideas are found in a book called the Hippocratic collection.
7. Famous quote: ‘’ Many admire, few know.’’ -Hippocrates
8. Other contributions to Medicine… Hippocrates and his students diagnosed several other
illnesses. He held the first description of ‘’clubbed’’ fingers; an important diagnostic sign in chronic
suppurative lung disease, long cancer, and cyanotic heart disease. Hemorrhoids, thought to be
caused by an excess of bile and phlegm, was treated by Hippocratic physicians with advanced
medical care. Some treatments used by Hippocrates for hemorrhoids is still used today, such as
burning, excising, and strangling.
10. Extra information. Due to Hippocrates’ so revered reputation, the world of medicine
advanced little after his death. His observations seemed ‘’too great to be worked on’’ and were left
untouched. During the middle ages, Arabs adapted to Hippocratic methods. Hippocratic methods
were also revived in Europe further towards the nineteenth century. Henri Huchard, a french
physician, pronounced that these revivals made up ‘’the whole history of iternal medicine.’’