Why was Hippocrates famous?

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Why was Hippocrates famous?
The four Humours Theory: blood, yellow bile, black bile and phlegm.
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Why was Hippocrates famous?
The Hippocratic Oath: A set of rules a person of a medical profession must follow.
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Why was Hippocrates famous?
Known for being the 'founder of medicine.'
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Why was Hippocrates famous?
He took people's religious and superstitious beliefs out of the causes of medicine and replaced it with more logical thinking.
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Why was Hippocrates famous?
Instructing his students to record patients symptoms to link people's infections/diseases.
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The Hippocratic Oath: A set of rules a person of a medical profession must follow.

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Why was Hippocrates famous?

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Known for being the 'founder of medicine.'

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He took people's religious and superstitious beliefs out of the causes of medicine and replaced it with more logical thinking.

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Instructing his students to record patients symptoms to link people's infections/diseases.

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