Hippocrates
Ancient Greek physician
Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician traditionally regarded as the father of medicine.
He lived around 460–370 BCE and is associated with the Hippocratic Oath, a code of medical ethics still referenced today.
The Hippocratic corpus is a collection of medical texts attributed to him and his followers.
Something Hippocratic relates to his methods or principles.
Formal binding promise
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- beneficenceActive desire to help
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
confidentiality · justice · consent · duty · professionalism · integrity · compassion · dignity
Identification of illness
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- clinical observationWatching patients for symptoms
- bedside mannerPhysician's interpersonal approach
case history · symptoms · ailments · diseases · healing · therapy · pathology · anatomy
One who restores health
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- clinicianMedical care provider
- practitionerOne who works regularly
- father of medicineMedicine's founding figure
medical pioneer · diagnostician · prognosticator · empiricist · rationalist · naturalist · bedside manner · patient care
Accommodates someone's wishes
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
- cholericEasily provoked to anger
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
- phlegmaticUnemotionally calm, slow-reacting
temperament · constitution · blood · phlegm · yellow bile · black bile · balance · imbalance
Compiled body of texts
- aphorismsConcise memorable truths
- preceptsRules of conduct
- treatisesFormal scholarly compositions
- writingsComposed textual works
teachings · disciples · influence · canonical · foundational · historical · biography · Galen
Guidance from experienced person
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- didacticIntended to instruct
doctrine · instruction · guidance · wisdom · knowledge · school · tradition · master
Greece's capital city
- AsclepiusAncient medicine deity
- classical antiquityGreco-Roman historical period
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
- agoraGreek civic square
gymnasium · Plato · Aristotle · philosophy · polis · ancient world · Mediterranean
oath
Formal binding promise
- principlesFoundational moral beliefs
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- beneficenceActive desire to help
autonomy · confidentiality · justice · consent · duty · professionalism · integrity · compassion · dignity · fidelity
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- clinical observationWatching patients for symptoms
bedside manner · case history · symptoms · ailments · diseases · healing · therapy · pathology · anatomy · pharmacology
healer
One who restores health
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- clinicianMedical care provider
- practitionerOne who works regularly
father of medicine · medical pioneer · diagnostician · prognosticator · empiricist · rationalist · naturalist · bedside manner · patient care · observation
humors
Accommodates someone's wishes
- sanguineCheerfully optimistic temperament
- cholericEasily provoked to anger
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
phlegmatic · temperament · constitution · blood · phlegm · yellow bile · black bile · balance · imbalance · bodily fluids
Corpus
Compiled body of texts
writings · teachings · disciples · influence · canonical · foundational · historical · biography · Galen · Avicenna
mentorship
Guidance from experienced person
- apprenticeshipLearning trade through employment
- disciplesDevoted followers of teachings
- pedagogyArt of instruction
didactic · doctrine · instruction · guidance · wisdom · knowledge · school · tradition · master · student
Athens
Greece's capital city
- AsclepiusAncient medicine deity
- classical antiquityGreco-Roman historical period
- HellenisticOf post-Alexander Greek civilization
agora · gymnasium · Plato · Aristotle · philosophy · polis · ancient world · Mediterranean
- Ancient GreeksSocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Homer, Pericles
- Medical FiguresGalen, Avicenna, Jenner, Jonas Salk, Salk
- Ancient PhysiciansGalen, Dioscorides, Andreas, Avicenna, Imhotep
- ancient GreeceAthens, Sparta, Zeus, Parthenon, Acropolis
- Biology HistoryDarwin, Mendel, evolution, natural selection, cell theory
- Greek scienceAristotle, Archimedes, Euclid, Ptolemy, Galen
Hippocratesshaman
Indigenous spiritual healer
faith healer · witch doctor · exorcist · temple priest · Galen
- Hippocratic oathDoctor's ethical commitment
- Hippocratic medicineAncient Greek healing system
- Hippocratic corpusClassical Greek medical texts