1.Hippocrates was born in 460 В. C. on the island of Cos in Greece.
2.Hippocrates studied medicine and then he went from town to town
where he practiced the art of medicine
3.It is known that he drove out the plague from Athens by lighting fires in the street of the city. That is all we know of
Hippocrates himself.
4.Hippocrates was known as an excellent practitioner and a teacher of medicine. He
established medical schools in Athenes and in other towns. He wrote several books and
many case histories.
5.Hippocrates taught his pupils to examine the patient very attentively
and to give him quick help. He created medicine on the basis of experience. He taught that
every disease was a natural process and it had natural causes.
6.He hate the idea that a disease was
punishment of Gods.
Hippocrates paid much attention to diet, gymnastics, massage and seabathing in
treatment.
7.Не observed diseases such а pneumonia, tuberculosis
and malaria and added to the medical language such words as chronic, crisis, relapse and convalescence.
8.Hippocrates is the most famous of all the Greek doctors.
9. He is often called “the father
of Medicine” and some of his ideas are still important.
Aristotle, the famous philosopher, called him “Hippocrates the Great”.
10.It is a collection of
promises, written by Hippocrates, which forms the basis of the medical code of
honour.
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