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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...


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
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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
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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...
 


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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
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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 and the Hippocratic Corpus (B. 460 Bce) Summary
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Hippocrates and the Hippocratic Corpus(B. 460 Bce) Hippocrates, who came from the Aegean island of Cos, is said to have been born in 460 BCE. His legendary status as the father of medicine is secure—unfortunately, just about everything else...
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Hippocrates Information
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The Independent - London
Move over Hippocrates
07/06/1995: 499 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: 1,968 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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What You Need to Know About... Coriander
10/3/2007: 321 words, approx. 1 pages
What Is It?The coriander plant is one of parsley's relatives. Indeed, its leaves resemble flat parsley and, like parsley, tend to be added at the end of cooking in order to preserve their fresh flavour. It's the tiny, beige, ball-shaped fruit (also referred to as...
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Reuters North American News Service
Massage relieves post-surgery pain, study finds
12/17/2007: 334 words, approx. 1 pages
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Massage can ease pain after surgery and may complement the use of drugs for patients, U.S. researchers said Monday. In a study of 605 men 64 years and older who had major surgery, 200 received nightly 20-minute back massages for four...
 


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