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Hippocrates was a Greek
physician born in 460 BC on the island of Cos, Greece. He became known
as the founder of medicine and was regarded as the greatest physician of
his time. He based his medical practice on observations and on the study
of the human body. He held the belief that illness had a physical and a
rational explanation. He rejected the views of his time that considered
illness to be caused by superstitions and by possession of evil spirits
and disfavor of the gods. Hippocrates traveled throughout Greece practicing his medicine. He founded a medical school on the island of Cos, Greece and began teaching his ideas. He soon developed an Oath of Medical Ethics for physicians to follow. This Oath is taken by physicians today as they begin their medical practice. He died in 377 BC. Today Hippocrates is known as the "Father of Medicine".
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