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Galen learned from doctors such as Hippocrates about the four humors.
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How is Hippocrates and galen similar?
He thought Hippocrates was the model doctor, and that what he wrote could be trusted. However, Galen was selective in which of the many treatises attributed to Hippocrates he took as 'genuine'. Those that best fitted Galen's own view of the body were - no surprises here! - the ones he decided were really by Hippocrates!
Did Hippocrates use opposites?
yes, he did even galen did.
Were there any differences and similarities between galen and Hippocrates?
yeah
Are there other ancient Greek doctors other than Hippocrates?
Yes! The National Library of Medicine has a lot of good information on other ancient Greek doctors such as Galen, Dioscorides, Pythagoras (who is better known for his work in mathematics), and Artemidorus.
What are a few facts about Hippocrates?
Hippocrates was born in Greece in 460 B.C. He learned medicine from his father and grandfather. Hippocrates developed a strict medical philosophy. Dissecting a human body was taboo in ancient Greece. He was one of the first doctors to believe that disease wasn't a punishment from the gods.
How far was Galen more important than Hippocrates in the development of medicine?
To conclude both men were very important to medical knowledge they both made some important ideas But Hippocrates is the founder and father of medicine, without him Galen would never have been able to progress history as he did, Hippocrates theories set out medical development throughout time.
What is the name of the oath taken by doctors?
Medical doctors still take the Hippocratic oath that they will practice honestly, and they use many of the same kinds of instruments as Hippocrates and other Greek doctors did
What do all doctors have to do because of Hippocrates?
take the hippocratic oath
What did all the doctors have to do because of Hippocrates?
take the hippocratic oath
Did doctors today take an oath written by Hippocrates?
yes they did
Who treated the sick in Ancient Greece?
Doctors, Hippocrates and Asclepius
Doctors today take an oath written by Hippocrates?
yes they did
