Hippocrates

Hippocrates was the Ancient Greek physician who has come to be acknowledged as the Father of Medicine. Associated with the medical school at the Island of Cros in the 4th -5th Century B.C.E., he advocated a basic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of disease that still has applications in modern medicine. "The code of conduct for doctors outlined in the Hippocratic Oath, a vow commonly taken by modern doctors", remains as an ethical guideline in medicine.(reference for quote:"Hippocrates of Cos." Scientists: Their Lives and Works, Vols. 1-7. Online Edition. U*X*L, 2004. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. Document Number:K2641500095.