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Hippocrates
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Hippocrates is famous for introducing a new type of Greek medicine that concentrated more on the patient rather than the illness. He's a key person in the development of medicine.
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Hippocrates
Hippocratic books
Written by him or his followers
Benefitted from Pythagoras and Alcmaeon of Croton
Imbalance in body = signs of illness
Correct treatment would help
Concentrated on patient, not the illness
Observe patients, record progress of illness
Adopted by Egyptians
'Clinical Observation'
Careful noting of symptoms
Pattern in development helped doctors
Helpful for other patients too
Avoided surgery
Dangerous
Littler anatomical knowledge
Sometimes only option
General Hippocratic treatment
Complete rest
Natural, herbal remedies
Only once the doctor understood the disease
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