Hippocrates

"Life is short and the art long."

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Source: Hippocrates, Ambroise Paré, William Harvey, Edward Jenner, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1910). “Scientific Papers; Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology”

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Hippocrates

Hippocrates

Physician

Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician known as the 'Father of Medicine' for his contributions to medical ethics and clinical practice.

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