Hippocrates--Father of Medicine.

*Professor of Medicine, T.N. Medical College (Retd.), Hon. Physician, Bhatia Hospital, Mumbai H (460 B.C. 370 B.C.) was a Greek physician universally known as father of medicine. Very little is known about what he actually thought and did. Scanty information about Hippocrates is found in the writings of Aristotle and Plato. Ancient biographer of Hippocrates Soranus mentions that he was born on the island of Cos in the Aegean Sea at the beginning of eighth Olympiad. He received his first medical instructions from his father at Athens and other subjects with Democritus and Gorgias. He acquired extensive medical experience by travel and practice among the cities. Date of his death is unknown; his age is variously estimated as anywhere from 85 to 100 yrs.