Hippocrates
[hi'pɔkrəti:z]
Definition
(noun.) medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic oath (circa 460-377 BC).
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Definition
(n.) A famous Greek physician and medical writer, born in Cos, about 460 B. C.
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Examples
- We have failed to mention Hippocrates (460-370 B.C) the Father of Medicine, in whom is found an intimate union of practical science and speculative philosophy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Galen (131-201 A.D ) who counted himself a disciple of Hippocrates, began to p ractice at Rome at the age of thirty-three. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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