Greek - Hippocrates
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- Greek Medicine Individuals - Hippocrates
- Born in 460 BC in Kos, Greece and died in 370 BC.
- Was known as the 'Father of Medicine'.
- He wrote the Hippocratic Collection; a collection of around 60 medical cases from Ancient Greece associated with Hippocrates' practises and teachings.
- Hippocrates believed that, in order to cure yourself, you would have to purge yourself using laxative
- He created the Hippocratic Oath, which is still spoken by doctors today.
- Hippocrates' Theory of the Four Humours was used in medicine until the 19th Century when Louis Pasteur discovered bacteria.
- He was the first to document and record medical observations, diagnostics and practises.
- Developed the first natural theory about the cause of disease - The Theory of the Four Humours.
- The Theory of the Four Humours was based on the belief that the body consisted of four humours, or liquids. If the body had an excess or a deficiency in any of the four humours, it had a direct effect on the person's health.
- The four humours were blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile.
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