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Sometimes referred to as the "Father of Medicine," Hippocrates is one of the most famous figures of Ancient Greece. His name lives on today in many things medical, including an oath that many doctors still take before beginning their practice.

He was born about 460 B.C.

on Kos, an island off the Anatolian coast of Turkey. He is mentioned in works of both Plato and Aristotle.

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Some historians say that his father was named Heraclides and his mother was named Praxitela. His grandfather is believed to have been named Hippocrates as well; both he and his son were physicians and passed on their knowledge and trade to the more famous grandson, who was technically Hippocrates II.

He is also thought to have studied under another physician, named Herodicus. Hippocrates (II) likely learned his trade in an asclepion, a healing temple that was sacred to Asclepius, the god of medicine. Patients reporting to these temples would receive physical or spiritual healing.

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