Hippocrates of cos biography of mahatma

(460-370)

Who Was Hippocrates?

Greek physician Hippocrates lived during the age of Pericles. Though considered the paragon of modern medicine, it’s difficult to separate the facts from the legend and adequately assess his medical acumen.

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Hippocrates of Cos, Ancient Greek physician, He is referred to as the father of Western medicine, Founder of the Hippocratic School of medicine.

Hippocrates of Cos and the Greek writings of Galen.

A compilation of writings attributed to Hippocrates presents a rudimentary understanding of how the body works and the nature of disease. A lasting legacy is the Hippocratic oath, derived from his ethical practices and standards, that serves as a moral guide for physicians today.

Early Life

Hippocrates was born on the Aegean island of Kos around the middle of the fifth century, BCE. With little knowledge of his life experiences, historians rely on a biography written some 500 years after his death by another Greek physician, Soranus, which was drawn from legend and a collection of medical writings commonly called the Hippocratic Corpus.

His formal name was Hippocrates Asclepiades, meaning "descendant of (the doctor-g