Hippocrates

• Hippocrates was an ancient Greek doctor sometimes said to be the first true doctor in history
• Hippocrates' ideas remained influential in the medieval period and Beyond
• Some of Hippocrates' methods are still in use today
• People have been reluctant to challenge Hippocrates and his ideas at times
• Challenging Hippocrates may have held back medical progress
• Many of Hippocrates' ideas remain useful even today
• Hippocrates is very important to the history of Medicine
• Hippocrates' big idea was clinical observation and diagnosis
• Hippocrates developed the theory of the four humors further and looked at other natural explanations for disease
• Clinical observation

  The physician observes and records the symptoms of the patient, compares to other illnesses, attempts a diagnosis, refers to previous treatments, gives a treatment, observes and records the patient's response, repeats stages if necessary
• Doctors today work similarly to how Hippocrates did, but with vastly superior knowledge
• Hippocrates wrote and shared his ideas in a series of texts known as the Hippocratic Corpus
• Hippocrates is famous for the Hippocratic Oath
• Hippocrates: 'I will prevent disease wherever I can for prevention is preferable to cure'
• Hippocrates: 'If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter'
• Hippocrates: 'May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help'
• Hippocrates created methods influential to doctors for Millennia, some of which remain useful today
• Hippocrates popularized humorism and the theory of the four humors to explain disease
• Hippocrates developed the Hippocratic Oath as a code of ethics for doctors
• Hippocrates introduced ideas that were developed by Galen, a Roman doctor
• Hippocrates was an ancient Greek philosopher and doctor who introduced several innovations
• Hippocrates believed illnesses had a natural cause requiring natural treatments
• Hippocrates was a very important person in the history of medicine