Who is the father of legal medicine?

Answer 1

Hippocrates is considered a father of modern medicine. He was a famous Greek physician of the fourth century, founder of European medicine, an ancient Greek physician. Hippocrates put forward "the humoral theory", holding that the human body by blood, mucus, yellow and black bile four body fluid composition, these four kinds of fluids with different people have different physical.

He considered disease a developing phenomenon, that physicians should treat not only disease but the patient, thereby changing the medicine to witchcraft and religion based on concepts. He was an advocate in the treatment of attention to the patient's personality characteristics, environmental factors and lifestyle on the prevalence of disease. He advocated attention to diet therapy, but did not neglect to pay particular attention to drug treatment, symptomatic treatment and prognosis. His medical opinion on the development of Western medicine has had a great impact.

Hippocrates wrote the Hippocratic oath which tells that doctors should do no harm. Even today physicians follow the 'Hippocratic oath' very meticulously across the world.

Other influential persons, but not the Father of Medicine:

Imhotep was an Egyptian who lived much earlier, in the 27th century BCE, and is considered a father of medicine who wrote the first instruction in medicine. He used scientific principles rather than supernatural beliefs to treat diseases and disorders.

Charaka was an Indian who founded ayurvedic medicine. He advocated careful observation of the patient. He made many anatomical studies that described the circulatory system, the bones, and other organs. He recognized that a given person's body may react differently from someone else's.

Andreas Versalius is often referred to as the founder of modern human anatomy.

Giovanni Battista Morgagni is generally regarded as the father of modern anatomical pathology.

Answer 2

The "Father of modern medicine" is Andreas Versalius

Answer 3

Hippocrates is often called the "Father of Western Medicine"

Answer 4

Benjamin Rush

Answer 5

Hippocrates was and is called the father of medicine.

Answer 6

Chrakudu, an Indian herbalist

Answer 7

who is the father of legal medicine

Answer 8

Ayaz Malik