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What does Hippocrates mean?

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Proper noun
  1. An Ancient Greek male given name, notably borne by Hippocrates of Cos, an Ancient Greek physician, circa 5th century BC, sometimes called the "father of medicine."
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In Hippocrates it figures as an astringent herb, which may be infused in wine as a corroborant.
One of the remedies Hippocrates used for pain and fevers was powder made from the bark and leaves of the willow tree.
To illustrate with one example, the work of Hippocrates on the quadrature of lunes is only known to us through Eudemus's History of Geometry.
We do not know who wrote most of them but they cover a time span of 150 years so they could not have all been written by Hippocrates.
For some, Mammon has competed effectively against Hippocrates as a figure to guide action.
There in the medical study hall, Miri voraciously consumed the works of Hippocrates and Dioscorides and many others.

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