History of medicine: Hippocrates II

Also known as

• Hippocrates of Kos
• Hippocrates
• The father of western medicine

 

Born

• 460 BCE : Born in Kos, Greece.
• 370 BCE : Died in Larissa, Greece (aged ~90).

Great works

• The Hippocratic Corpus. A collection of works accredited to him, although the authorship of each piece is not known for certain.

 

Significance in history

• Taught and influenced many great physicians
• First to describe many diseases, including cancer
• Discovery of many classic medical signs 
• Promoted lifestyle medicine