| Hippocrates
Hippocrates, a Greek physician (circa 460 to 377 B.C.) is
traditionally revered as the Father of Medicine. Few details of his life are
known, but it seems he was the son of a physician who traveled widely in Greece
and Asia Minor, teaching and practicing the art and science of medicine.
The Hippocratic collection of writings is generally
attributed to him, but is more likely that it constituted a library of the
medical school at Kos where he taught.
The collection deals with clinical subjects, anatomy, diseases of women
and children, treatments through diet and herbs, prognosis, surgery and medical
ethics. The latter gave rise to the famous hippocratic
oath which is sworn to by modern physicians.
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