Hippocrates (physician)
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Hippocrates was the name of several physician
s in the time of Ancient Greece
, some of whom were in the same family as the celebrated Hippocrates of Cos
(Hippocrates II).
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
s in the time of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
, some of whom were in the same family as the celebrated Hippocrates of Cos
Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles , and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine...
(Hippocrates II).
- Hippocrates I. The grandfather of Hippocrates II. He was the eldest son of Gnosidicus, the brother of Podaleirius and Aeneius, and the father of Heraclides, the father of Hippocrates. He lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Some ancient writers attributed to him the two works De Fracturis and De Articulis, while others contended that he wrote nothing at all.
- Hippocrates II. Grandson of Hippocrates I, and the most celebrated physician of ancient Greece. See HippocratesHippocratesHippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles , and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine...
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- Hippocrates III. The son of ThessalusThessalus (physician)Thessalus, , a physician from ancient Greece, and the son of Hippocrates, the famous physician and Trichologist. He was the brother of Draco, and father of Gorgias, Hippocrates III, and Draco II. He lived in the 5th and 4th centuries BC and passed some of his time at the court of Archelaus I of...
, the brother of Draco IIDraco (physician)Draco was the name of several physicians in the family of Hippocrates.*Draco I. Lived 5th to 4th centuries BC, was the son of Hippocrates, the famous physician . He was the brother of Thessalus. Galen tells us that some of the writings of Hippocrates was attributed to his son Draco.*Draco II...
, and the grandson of Hippocrates II. He lived in the 4th century BC. He is said by the SudaSudaThe Suda or Souda is a massive 10th century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Suidas. It is an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often...
, to have written some medical works.
- Hippocrates IV. According to GalenGalenAelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus , better known as Galen of Pergamon , was a prominent Roman physician, surgeon and philosopher...
, he was the son of Draco IDraco (physician)Draco was the name of several physicians in the family of Hippocrates.*Draco I. Lived 5th to 4th centuries BC, was the son of Hippocrates, the famous physician . He was the brother of Thessalus. Galen tells us that some of the writings of Hippocrates was attributed to his son Draco.*Draco II...
, and the grandson of Hippocrates II; he lived in the 4th century BC, and is said to have written some medical works. The Suda, which may be confused, makes him the son of Draco II, (and therefore, the great-grandson of Hippocrates II), and the father of Draco IIIDraco (physician)Draco was the name of several physicians in the family of Hippocrates.*Draco I. Lived 5th to 4th centuries BC, was the son of Hippocrates, the famous physician . He was the brother of Thessalus. Galen tells us that some of the writings of Hippocrates was attributed to his son Draco.*Draco II...
. He is said to have been one of the physicians to RoxanaRoxanaRoxana sometimes Roxane, was a Bactrian noble and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain....
, the wife of Alexander the Great, and to have died at the hands of CassanderCassanderCassander , King of Macedonia , was a son of Antipater, and founder of the Antipatrid dynasty...
, the son of AntipaterAntipaterAntipater was a Macedonian general and a supporter of kings Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great. In 320 BC, he became Regent of all of Alexander's Empire. Antipater was one of the sons of a Macedonian nobleman called Iollas or Iolaus and his family were distant collateral relatives to the...
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- Hippocrates V and VI. According to the Suda, Thymbraeus of Cos had two sons named Hippocrates, each of whom wrote some medical works. Their date is unknown.
- Hippocrates VII. The son of Praxianax of Cos. He wrote some medical works.