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Hippocrates
Scientific Approach to Medicine
Born c. 460 BC 🇬🇷 Greece 400 BC
⚕️ Known For
1
Hippocratic Oath — ethical framework still used today
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Separated medicine from superstition, religion and philosophy
3
Described 70+ diseases; pioneered clinical observation and prognosis
Father of medicine; origin of the Hippocratic Oath
Quick Facts
Field
⚕️ Medicine
Country
🇬🇷 Greece
Born
c. 460 BC
Key Year
400 BC
Invention
Scientific Approach to Medicine