Hippocrates, Father of Medicine

Herbert S. Goldberg

• Publisher: Muriwai Books
• Year: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781787208452
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Egyptian Ancient History
• Index: History

First published in 1963, this book by University of Missouri Microbiology Professor Herbert S. Goldberg provides the reader with a picture of the life and times of Hippocrates, the "Father of Medicine." Hippocrates was born on the island of Cos in 460 B.C., and his works remained for centuries the foundation of medical and biographical knowledge. In addition, it was Hippocrates daring approach to the problems of sickness and disease that drove the opening wedge into the wall of fear that surrounded human ills. Hippocrates scrupulous attention to professional ethics is honored even to this day by the medical oath that bears his name—The Hippocratic Oath.Goldberg accurately describes the professions and trades during Hippocrates time, as well as the early education of youth in ancient Greece. Medicines were not based on science, but on driving evil spirits from the body. Hippocrates scientific approach to the study and treatment of disease has deservedly earned for him the title of "Father of Medicine."

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS 3

DEDICATION 4

PROLOGUE 5

ONE—Greece. Its Islands and People 6

The Land 6

The Islands 7

The People 8

TWO—Growing Up in Ancient Greece 10

THREE—The Early Education of Hippocrates 13

FOUR—The Learned Professions and the Trades in Hippocrates’ Time 17

Law 17

Publishing 17

Booksellers 17

Art and Sculpture 18

The Medical Profession 18

Labor and Trades 19

Carpenters 20

Barbers 20

FIVE—Medicine Before Hippocrates 21

Early Medical Procedures 21

Egyptian Medicine 21

Chinese Medicine 22

Japanese Medicine 23

Hebrew Medicine 23

The Greek Asclepieia 24

SIX—Medicine Becomes a Science 26

Physiology 26

Physical Diagnosis 26

Pathology 27

Surgery 27

Fever 27

Neurology and Psychiatry 28

Pharmacology 28

SEVEN—Hippocrates...