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- 1610s, from M.L. Hippocraticus, pertaining to Hippocrates (c.460-377 B.C.E.), the famous ancient Greek physician. Hippocratic Oath is attested from 1747; it is in the spirit of Hippocrates but was not written by him. The name is lit. "one superior in horses."
WIKIPEDIA
Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos (Ancient
Greek: Ἱπποκράτης;
Hippokrátēs; c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC) was an ancient
Greek physician
of the Age of
Pericles (Classical Greece), and is considered one of the most
outstanding figures in the history
of medicine. He is referred to as the father
of western medicine[2][3][4]
in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the
founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine. This intellectual
school revolutionized medicine
in ancient Greece, establishing it as a discipline distinct from
other fields that it had traditionally been associated with (notably
theurgy and
philosophy),
thus establishing medicine as a profession.[5][6]
However,
the achievements of the writers of the Corpus,
the practitioners of Hippocratic medicine, and the actions of
Hippocrates himself are often commingled; thus very little is known
about what Hippocrates actually thought, wrote, and did. Hippocrates
is commonly portrayed as the paragon
of the ancient physician, credited with coining the Hippocratic
Oath, still relevant and in use today. He is also credited with
greatly advancing the systematic study of clinical
medicine, summing up the medical knowledge of previous schools,
and prescribing practices for physicians through the Hippocratic
Corpus and other works.[5][7]
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