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Hippocrates of Kos (/ h ɪ ˈ p ɒ k r ə t iː z /, Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, romanized: Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c. 460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.
Hippocrates of Chios (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Χῖος; c. 470 – c. 421 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician, geometer, and astronomer. He was born on the isle of Chios , where he was originally a merchant.
Hippocrates was looked at as a teacher and physician. His name is in around sixty medical articles, most of these medical articles were not written by him. He is admired for his high standards of moral conduct in the practice of medicine, especially for the Hippocratic Oath, which was also written by someone else.
Hippocrates laid the foundation for modern medicine, as his protocols and guidelines for the classification of diseases are being utilized by physicians today. His principles for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases have been preserved in the Hippocratic Corpus, and are the standard for medical ethics today.
Hippocrates IV. According to Galen (Latin: Galenus), he was the son of Draco I, and the grandson of Hippocrates II; [3] he lived in the 4th century BC, and is said to have written some medical works. The Suda, which may be confused, makes him the son of Draco II, [4] (and therefore, the great-grandson of Hippocrates II), and the father of Draco ...
Hippocrates of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἱπποκράτης, Hippokrátēs; c. 459 – 424 BC), the son of Ariphron, was a strategos of the Athenians in 424 BC, serving alongside Demosthenes. In the summer of 424, Hippocrates and Demosthenes set out from Athens to seize the long walls of Megara (which connected the city with its port Nisaea).
Hippocrates recommended high doses of white hellebore because he believed that the best and most natural relief for gout was dysentery. [9]: 85 However, purging with white hellebore was probably for the more chronic cases due to the fact that wine and barleywater drinks were very strongly recommended. [10]: 16–17 The lentil plant
Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William ...