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Hippocrates of Kos—the father of modern medicine

Hippocrates of Kos—the father of modern medicine Clin Res Cardiol Suppl (2010) 5:3–6 DOI 10.1007/s11789-010-0014-y B. Lüderitz Published online: 9 March 2010 © Springer-Verlag 2010 The island of Kos is part of the Dodecanese islands in the back to Asclepios. Hippocrates, a famous son of the island, Greek archipelago. This group of 12 islands, which used to was the most prominent of the Asclepiads, as well as of all be called the Southern Sporades, is historically connected to ancient Greek physicians (Fig. 2). Hippocrates was born on the neighboring Cyclades. The entire region has an uninter- Kos in 460 BC as the son of a physician. He probably studied rupted Greek tradition. Kos is situated south of the sponge at the medical schools of Kos and Ionia and in the Asclepios divers' island Kálymnos and north of Nísyros at the mouth temple of Ephesus. He embarked on extensive study trips, of the Gulf of Kos. Only four nautical miles separate Kos which also led him to Egypt and Asia. It is said that Pericles from Asia Minor (Fig. 1). The island is 45 km long and its called for Hippocrates' help in treating the plague that broke width ranges between 2 and 11 km. The northeast http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Clinical Research in Cardiology Supplements Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2010 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Cardiac Surgery; Angiology; Internal Medicine; Diagnostic Radiology; Cardiology
ISSN
1861-0706
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1861-0714
DOI
10.1007/s11789-010-0014-y
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Clin Res Cardiol Suppl (2010) 5:3–6 DOI 10.1007/s11789-010-0014-y B. Lüderitz Published online: 9 March 2010 © Springer-Verlag 2010 The island of Kos is part of the Dodecanese islands in the back to Asclepios. Hippocrates, a famous son of the island, Greek archipelago. This group of 12 islands, which used to was the most prominent of the Asclepiads, as well as of all be called the Southern Sporades, is historically connected to ancient Greek physicians (Fig. 2). Hippocrates was born on the neighboring Cyclades. The entire region has an uninter- Kos in 460 BC as the son of a physician. He probably studied rupted Greek tradition. Kos is situated south of the sponge at the medical schools of Kos and Ionia and in the Asclepios divers' island Kálymnos and north of Nísyros at the mouth temple of Ephesus. He embarked on extensive study trips, of the Gulf of Kos. Only four nautical miles separate Kos which also led him to Egypt and Asia. It is said that Pericles from Asia Minor (Fig. 1). The island is 45 km long and its called for Hippocrates' help in treating the plague that broke width ranges between 2 and 11 km. The northeast

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