Hippocrates (hih POK ruh teez) lived 400 years before the birth of Christ. He is known as the father of medicine because many of the things he discovered are still practiced today.
During the time when Hippocrates lived, people were very superstitious. * They believed there were four fluids in the body which matched four elements; earth, air, fire and water. They would carry sick people to the temple because they thought the god of medicine, Aesculapius (es kyoo LAY pe us) could heal them. They would say magic words over the patient to try and heal them.
Hippocrates taught that diseases came from natural causes. He had observed many patients and carefully recorded their symptoms and the way their illnesses developed. He would look at the color of the skin, and how the eyes looked. He would look for fevers and chills. He described many illnesses including
pneumonia, * tetanus, * tuberculosis, * arthritis, * mumps, *
and malaria * .
2006-10-09 04:09:05
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answered by Anonymous
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Hippocrates (hih POK ruh teez) lived 400 years before the birth of Christ. He is known as the father of medicine because many of the things he discovered are still practiced today.
During the time when Hippocrates lived, people were very superstitious. * They believed there were four fluids in the body which matched four elements; earth, air, fire and water. They would carry sick people to the temple because they thought the god of medicine, Aesculapius (es kyoo LAY pe us) could heal them. They would say magic words over the patient to try and heal them.
2006-10-09 02:37:11
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answered by psioni 4
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Hippocrates, Father of Medicine. Hippocrates studied on the temple of Asclepius (god of treatment) at the island of Cos. Asclepius is the man with the employees with the 2 snakes twining round (the clinical image). He was once the son of Apollo. Hippocrates is known as the daddy of treatment on account that a number of the matters he taught are nonetheless used to nowadays. He taught that sicknesses come from usual motives. He additionally checked out a humans objectively - how they seemed. Their dermis, eyes, their total look. He taught his pupils approximately cleanliness, he taught that sufferers must devour a slight quantity of meals, and that sufferers must get slight undertaking. The Hippocratic Oath was once named for him. It integrated laws of habits that medical professionals nonetheless honor a sort of the oath. Interestingly, Pharmacists honor one more Oath, that's why Doctors hardly ever administer deadly injections to prisoners - that's a tale for one more Answer!
2016-08-29 05:40:27
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answered by Anonymous
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Hippocrates...
It's said he was the father of medicine, and he was even struck down by the gods of Ancient Greece because he was able to bring a man back from the dead.
2006-10-09 02:41:05
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answered by Ryan 4
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Dr. Kevorkian.
Just kidding...
2006-10-09 02:40:40
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answered by chocolate-drop 5
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HIPPOCRATES
2006-10-09 02:35:29
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answered by maconsolviaa 5
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