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Hippocrates

Scientific Approach to Medicine

Born c. 460 BC ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 400 BC

โš•๏ธ Known For

1

Hippocratic Oath โ€” ethical framework still used today

2

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

โš•๏ธ Medicine

Country

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece

Born

c. 460 BC

Key Year

400 BC

Invention

Scientific Approach to Medicine