Hippocrates was born in 460 BCE in Kos. An ancient Greek physician from the island of Kos, Hippocrates is traditionally called the father of medicine because he and his followers treated disease as a natural process with natural causes rather than as divine punishment. A collection of about sixty medical writings, the Hippocratic Corpus, bears his name, although scholars believe most of it was written by various authors, and it emphasizes careful observation, diet and prognosis. The Hippocratic Oath, a pledge of ethical conduct for physicians, is attributed to this tradition. The few biographical facts known are uncertain, and the dates given for his life are approximate.
Before and after
- from 478 BCE to 403 BCEFounding of Delian League
- from 476 BCE to 221 BCEWarring States period
- 470 BCEBirth of Socrates
- 466 BCEDiscovery of Halley's Comet
- 460 BCEBirth of Hippocrates
- 456 BCEDeath of Aeschylus
- c. 451 BCEThe Twelve Tables, Rome's first written law
- from 450 BCE to 15 CELa Tène culture
- c. 449 BCEConstruction of the Temple of Hephaestus
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