ANY discussion about history in medicine would not be complete without talking about one man. He is known as the founder of medicine because he was the first to drag medicine out of the quagmire of superstition and spirituality rampant in ancient times and make it a science based on observation and the study of the human body. He is none other than Hippocrates.
Many figures in the ancient world are a product of fact and mythology. Maybe there is a trace of the incredible about Hippocrates, but this is undeniably a result of the visionary in the man, a clarity of thought and procedure in the practice of medicine that is still undeniably relevant in modern-day society.
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