Why is Hippocrates the father of medicine?

Answer 1

Hippocrates was a doctor during the times of Ancient Greek. Back then, the doctoring methods were not backed up by research; rather, they were thought up by the same men who thought volcanoes were caused by fire breathing dragons trapped under mountains ;). That is to say, although the Greeks were brilliant people who made many discoveries, they had many theories that were perhaps slightly random. In the field of medicine at that time, for example, if a person came in with a headache, it would not be uncommon for a hole to be drilled in their head as treatment. Or if they had cramps or growing pains, the part of their body that experienced those pains would be "bled out". Well, hippocrates certainly practiced these techniques, but he also made several new, correct discoveries. He is mostly credited with linking food with weight. He was first to suggest that people eat more fruits and vegetables and exercise more for a healthy diet. That is mostly why hippocrates is now called the father of medicine.

Answer 2

Hippocrates based his medical practice on observations and on the study of the human body. He held the belief that illness had a physical and a rational explanation and his more than 70 books described in a scientific manner, many diseases and their treatment after detailed observation.

Answer 3

Hippocrates was so important to medicine for many different reasons. One of the reason was the four humours theory that he came up with. The four humours in your body that were black bile, yellow bile, blood and phlegm. He claimed that if one of these humours was to become unbalanced with the rest then you would become ill. This was significant because up until this point people had believed in supernatural ideas and this was leading away from that.

Answer 4

He stressed the importance of diet, water quality, climate, and social environment in the development of disease. Hippocrates believed in treating the whole person, rather than merely isolating and treating symptoms.

Answer 5

By rejecting superstition in favor of scientific observation, by classifying diseases, and by creating a set of moral and professional standards for physicians.

Answer 6

He grew up around medicine. According to Sonarus of Ephesus, Hippocrates acquired knowledge of medicine from his grandfather and father Heraclides, who was a physician.