Hippocrates, known as the "Father of Medicine," contributed to the professionalization of medicine, divorcing it from religious rituals and the supernatural
Hippocrates established the Hippocratic School of Medicine and was the first to use terms such as acute, chronic, endemic, epidemic, paroxysms, exacerbation
Greek culture cultivated the desire for knowledge, giving birth to prominent Greek Philosophers such as Aristotle, Socrates, Pythagoras, and Hippocrates
The poem Regimen sanitates Salernitanum emphasized personal hygiene, diet, exercise, and temperance as methods to maintain health and well-being, serving as the first "health guide" for the masses