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'''Hippocrates''' was the [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] [[physician]] who has come to be acknowledged as the Father of [[Medicine]], and who gave his name to the [[Hippocratic Oath]].
'''Hippocrates of Cos''' (Ἱπποκράτης) (c. 460–c. 370[[Common Era|BCE]]) was an [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] [[physician]] who has come to be acknowledged as the Father of [[Medicine]], and who gave his name to the [[Hippocratic Oath]].


Associated with the medical school on the island of [[Cos]] in the fourth to the fifth centuries [[Common Era|BCE]], he advocated a basic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of disease that still has applications in modern medicine: "The code of conduct for doctors outlined in the Hippocratic Oath, a vow commonly taken by modern doctors", remains an ethical guideline in medicine.<ref>"Hippocrates of Cos" in ''Scientists: Their Lives and Works'', Vols 1&ndash;7. Online Edition. U*X*L, 2004. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. Document Number:K2641500095.</ref>
Hippocrates founded a school of medicine known by his name, and advocated a basic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of disease that still has applications in modern medicine: "The code of conduct for doctors outlined in the Hippocratic Oath, a vow commonly taken by modern doctors", remains an ethical guideline in medicine.<ref>"Hippocrates of Cos" in ''Scientists: Their Lives and Works'', Vols 1&ndash;7. Online Edition. U*X*L, 2004. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. Document Number:K2641500095.</ref>


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==Notes==

Revision as of 13:48, 1 April 2007

Hippocrates of Cos (Ἱπποκράτης) (c. 460–c. 370BCE) was an ancient Greek physician who has come to be acknowledged as the Father of Medicine, and who gave his name to the Hippocratic Oath.

Hippocrates founded a school of medicine known by his name, and advocated a basic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of disease that still has applications in modern medicine: "The code of conduct for doctors outlined in the Hippocratic Oath, a vow commonly taken by modern doctors", remains an ethical guideline in medicine.[1]

Notes

  1. "Hippocrates of Cos" in Scientists: Their Lives and Works, Vols 1–7. Online Edition. U*X*L, 2004. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. Document Number:K2641500095.