Hippocrates: The Father of Medicine Who was Hippocrates? Many people still wonder that today. Some is known about his life, but not much. In this essay, I will tell you want I've found out from much research. Hippocrates is thought to have lived from about 460 B.C. to 380 B.C. As I said before, people don't know a lot about his life. Hippocrates was known as the Father of Medicine because he was one of …showed first 75 words of 623 total…

…showed last 75 words of 623 total…modified into the Declaration of Geneva. Other documents and oaths are also a part of this. Starting in 1949, nearly every medical school graduate takes this oath. As you can see, Hippocrates affected the western culture in many ways. He developed new, more scientific ways in medicine, such as auscultation and sickness from natural causes. He also wrote the Hippocratic Oath, part of which doctors still use today. Hippocrates truly was the Father of Scientific Medicine.