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Hippocrates

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Hippocrates /Hip·poc·ra·tes/ (hi-pok´rah-tez) the Greek physician (5th century b.c.) regarded as the “Father of Medicine.” Many of his writings and those of his school have survived, among which appears the Hippocratic Oath, the ethical guide of the medical profession.hippocrat´ic
Hip·poc·ra·tes (h-pkr-tz) Called "the Father of Medicine.". 460?-377? bc.
Greek physician who laid the foundations of scientific medicine by freeing medical study from the constraints of philosophical speculation and superstition. He is traditionally but inaccurately considered the author of the Hippocratic oath.


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