Approximately 60 medical documents associated with Hippocrates' name, including the famous Hippocratic oath, have survived to this day. These documents were eventually gathered into a collection known as the Hippocratic Corpus. While Hippocrates may not have written all of these texts himself, the pape...
Best Known For: Although Hippocrates probably didn't write the famous oath that bears his name, it serves as foundation for the oath medical school graduates take at the start of their careers. Industries Science and Medicine Interesting Facts Hippocrates probably didn't write the oath that bears...
Hippocrates became particularly famous when he was credited with stopping the great plague that hit Athens during the Peloponnesian War. Athens was under siege, with large numbers of people and animals crowded together. All food had to be brought in by sea, and there was a shortage of fresh f...
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