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Biography

Name: Hippocrates
Birth Date: 460 B.C.
Death Date: 377 B.C.
Place of Birth: Cos, Greece
Place of Death: Larissa, Greece
Nationality: Greek
Gender: Male
Occupations: physician

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Biography of Hippocrates
1,224 words, approx. 4 pages
The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 BC), the father of medicine, put a definitive stamp on the whole character of Greek medicine. Only the barest outline of the biography of Hippocrates emerges from the ancient writings. He was born on the...
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Biography of Hippocrates of Chios
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Hippocrates of Chioswas a Greek merchant turned mathematician who wrote the first textbook on geometry. He is also noted for his efforts in elucidating the properties of circles and the quadrature of the lune. Despite turning to mathematics later in...
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Biography of Hippocrates of Cos
362 words, approx. 1 pages
Hippocrates was a famous Greek physician who is widely known as the "Father of Medicine." Although little is known about his life, a few facts are considered accurate. Hippocrates was born on the Greek island of Cos around 460 b.c. to a family of...
 


Quotations
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Hippocrates Quotes
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Hippocrates (Ἱπποκράτης) of Kos (c. 460 BC - 377 BC ) was an ancient Greek physician who is referred to as the "father of medicine." Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 Aphorisms 1.2 The Law 1.3 Oath of Hippocrates (c. 400 BC) 2 Unsourced 3 External...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Hippocrates Summary
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HIPPOCRATES (460?–380? BCE) was a celebrated Greek physician, called the "father of medicine." In spite of his reputation as the founder of scientific medicine, the embodiment of medical wisdom, and the exemplar of the ideal...
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Hippocrates of Chios Summary
717 words, approx. 2 pages
c. 470-c. 410 B.C. Greek Mathematician Designated as Hippocrates of Chios to distinguish him from the better-known physician of the same name, Hippocrates has been cited as the greatest mathematician of the fifth century B.C. He wrote the first...
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Hippocrates of Cos Summary
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c. 460-c. 375 B.C. Greek Physician and Philosopher Hippocrates is rightly called the "Father of Medicine. " His own writings and writings attributed to him, as well as legends about him and the oath of medical ethics that bears his name,...
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Hippocrates Information
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News and Journals
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The Independent - London
Move over Hippocrates
07/06/1995: 500 words, approx. 2 pages
Hippocrates was a 5th-century Greek physician and, in his name, doctors were once obliged to make an oath affirming their obligations and proper conduct. The British Medical Association still makes much of the Hippocratic Oath, deciding at its conference this week to produce an...
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Ethics & Medicine
Why not give Hippocrates a place at the table?
10/01/2002: 1,969 words, approx. 7 pages
There are four methods of doing bioethics in the United States today: deductivism, principlism, casuistry, and feminism.1 The word Hippocratic is not mentioned, and the Hippocratic approach to medical ethics has been neglected. But does it have value, and if so, why not allow...
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AP Features
Doctors say it might be necessary to detain TB patients
1/23/2007: 708 words, approx. 2 pages
According to Hippocrates, doctors are supposed to do no harm. But that doesn't mean they can't lock up their patients.A trio of doctors argue in a paper published in an international medical journal Monday that people who refuse treatment for a frighteningly drug-resistant form of...
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AP Features
History explains why TB case caused such worldwide concern
6/3/2007: 648 words, approx. 2 pages
There is a reason why reports of a rare strain of tuberculosis attracted worldwide attention: a history as scary as the plague.More than 4,000 years ago, tuberculosis killed an Egyptian whose mummified remains were dug up; the case was first described in 1910. Hippocrates called...
 


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