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โ๏ธ Medicine
Hippocrates
Scientific Approach to Medicine
Born c. 460 BC ๐ฌ๐ท Greece 400 BC
โ๏ธ Known For
1
Hippocratic Oath โ ethical framework still used today
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Separated medicine from superstition, religion and philosophy
3
Described 70+ diseases; pioneered clinical observation and prognosis
Father of medicine; origin of the Hippocratic Oath
Quick Facts
Field
โ๏ธ Medicine
Country
๐ฌ๐ท Greece
Born
c. 460 BC
Key Year
400 BC
Invention
Scientific Approach to Medicine