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Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; c.460 – c. 370 BC), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician and philosopher of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is traditionally referred to as the "Father of Medicine" in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field, such as ...
Hippocrates laid the foundation for modern medicine, as his protocols and guidelines for the classification of diseases are being utilized by physicians today. His principles for the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases have been preserved in the Hippocratic Corpus, and are the standard for medical ethics today.
The contributions to ancient Greek medicine of Hippocrates, Socrates and others had a lasting influence on Islamic medicine and medieval European medicine until many of their findings eventually became obsolete in the 14th century. The earliest known Greek medical school opened in Cnidus in 700 BC.
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Hipparchus (/ hɪˈpɑːrkəs /; Greek: Ἵππαρχος, Hípparkhos; c.190 – c. 120 BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. He is considered the founder of trigonometry, [ 1 ] but is most famous for his incidental discovery of the precession of the equinoxes. [ 2 ] Hipparchus was born in Nicaea, Bithynia, and probably ...
The Greek physician Hippocrates (460–370 BC), to whom the oath is traditionally attributed. The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians. It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical ...
The history of genetics dates from the classical era with contributions by Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Aristotle, Epicurus, and others. Modern genetics began with the work of the Augustinian friar Gregor Johann Mendel. His works on pea plants, published in 1866, provided the initial evidence that, on its rediscovery in 1900's, helped to establish ...
Archimedes of Syracuse a (ˌɑːrkɪˈmiːdiːzAR-kim-EE-deez; 2 c.287 – c. 212BC) was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. 3 Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity.