2006-09-24 12:19:58 · 5 answers · asked by srkhan1974 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Generally either Hippocrates or Galen. But there are lots of other candidates. The trick is defining what is meant by "science" in medicine. Truly scientific medicine didn't really begin until the time of Louis Pasteur.
2006-09-24 12:25:23 · answer #1 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
William Jolly--father of medical science in South Africa.
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Department of Physiology, University of Cape Town.
William Jolly graduated in medicine at Edinburgh University in 1906 and became research assistant to Sir Edward Sharpey Schafer. He also mastered various techniques in electrophysiology under Einthoven, graduating D.Sc. in 1911. In 1911 he was appointed first Professor of Physiology and in 1918 first Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Cape Town. He conducted and stimulated research there and in recognition thereof was awarded an Honorary LI.D. by Edinburgh University and a special allowance from the University of Cape Town. He was President of the Royal Society of South Africa, a trustee of the South African Museum and a member of the National Research Council and Board.
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2006-09-24 12:28:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. Hippocrates.
2006-09-24 12:23:19 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hippocrates is considered the father of Medicine. There is an oath named after him which we (doctors) have to take.
2006-09-24 20:14:01 · answer #4 · answered by labyrinth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paracelsus
2006-09-24 20:05:57 · answer #5 · answered by dragonfly140 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋