Benjamin is going to become a great doctor, he is sure of it. But his first experience as junior doctor in his father's service, the Professor Barois, does not turn out the way he hoped it would.
Hippocrates of Cos, c. 460 BC to c. 370 BC, was an important figure in the ancient medical world. The Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was hailed by Medieval doctors as the ‘Father of ...
CANTON – The Aultman Health System recently inducted local physicians Anthony Degenhard, Charles Milligan and Allison Oprandi into the Hippocrates Honor Society. This “lifetime achievement ...
In fact, Hippocrates, Greek physician and so-called "Father of Western Medicine" who practiced some 2,500 years ago, was himself a proponent of personalized medicine (Sykiotis et al., 2005).
The tale goes that Greek physician Hippocrates applied crushed snails to treat skin inflammations. Later on, snails were dunked in pots of salt water and vinegar that forced them to release the slime.