Born on The island of Kos c. 460 BC, the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates is considered the father of medicine, as he was the first known physician who believed that diseases were caused by some ...

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Very few figures of the ancient Greek world of medicine loom as large as Diocles of Carystus, even though he is not as known as he should be.

It is a sacred promise taken by all physicians to uphold ethical standards while delivering empathetic care to the patient.

In approximately the 5th century BC, Hippocrates was the first to record a description of melanoma, which he described as melas, meaning dark, and oma, meaning tumor, in Greek. There is some ...

Secondly he must study the warm and the cold winds, both those which are common to every country and those peculiar to a particular locality....” Hippocrates, “Airs, Waters, Places”, 400 bc 1 “As ...

Yet, amid the hype and hollow claims, a few golden truths remain. As far back as 400BC, Hippocrates, widely considered the father of modern medicine, famously said: “Walking is man’s best ...