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He is considered the father of modern medicine...advocated physical examination of patient in order to diagnose ailments...he said diseases were not divinely inspired, but had organic causes (e.g. viruses). He also postulatede that conditions stemmed from 4 fluids that circulated through people: phlegm, yellow bile, blood and black bile, which is one of the first recorded attempts to classify or categorize the fluids and/or systems in the human body.

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Q: What was the contribution of Hippocrates in biology?
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