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Hippocrates

Type Figure Region Europe Time c. -460–-370 Also known as Hippocrates、Ἱπποκράτης、医学之父

Hippocrates was a famous ancient Greek physician traditionally regarded as the founder of Western medicine, active on Kos, whose Hippocratic Corpus s…

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  1. c. -460–-440Kos · DodecaneseBorn on Kos into a family of physicians with a strong tradition of Asclepius worship. Trained at the island's medical school, learning anatomical observation, diagnostic classification, and herbal treatment, laying the foundation for his rational approach to medicine.
  2. c. -440–-400Greek world · GreeceAfter leaving Kos he practiced and taught medicine across Greece, emphasizing diagnosis through observation of symptoms, recording of disease course, and climatic and dietary factors, and holding that physicians should be temperate, upright, and respectful of patients.
  3. c. -400–-370Kos · DodecaneseIn his late period he summarized clinical experience and participated in forming the tradition of the Hippocratic Corpus. The corpus covers epidemiology, surgery, obstetrics and pediatrics, and prognostic judgment, and established the professional ethical norms embodied in the physician's oath.

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