Hippocrates

• 460 - 370BC
• Regarded as the father of medicine
• taught clinical observation ( examining and observing your patient and keeping detailed observations) was very important
• greatly influenced diagnosis and treatment of illness
• Hippocratic Collection of books was used to train doctors for hundreds of years

  This was significant because they provided the first detailed account of symptoms and treatments
• Believed that diet and rest were hugely important to a patients recovery
• believed in the use of opposites and doctors still take the Hippocratic Oath which is when doctors swear to do the best for their patient
• Believed in natural causes and rejected the idea that disease was sent from God which led to the idea of humourism