. Epitome of the history of medicine : based upon a course of lectures delivered in the University of Buffalo. reference to these matters they set an example whichmodern legislators have rarely, if ever, been wise enoughto follow,—an example of compulsory physical training forthe young,—and thereby built up a nation of athletes anda people of rugged constitution among whom disease wasalmost unknown. I come now to the so-called Philosophic Period, or thethird period in the Age of Foundation, which is insepar-ably connected with the name of Hippocrates. This centralfigure in the history of ancie
. Epitome of the history of medicine : based upon a course of lectures delivered in the University of Buffalo. reference to these matters they set an example whichmodern legislators have rarely, if ever, been wise enoughto follow,—an example of compulsory physical training forthe young,—and thereby built up a nation of athletes anda people of rugged constitution among whom disease wasalmost unknown. I come now to the so-called Philosophic Period, or thethird period in the Age of Foundation, which is insepar-ably connected with the name of Hippocrates. This centralfigure in the history of ancient medicine was born on the HIPPOCRATES. 19 Island of Ctas, of a family in which the practice of medi-cine was hereditary, who traced their ancestors on the maleside to iEsculapius, and on the female side to individual to whom every one refers under this namewas the second of seven ; the date of his birth goes backto 460 , but of his life and his age at death we do notknow; some say he lived to be over one hundred years ofage. It is certain that he traveled widely, since his writings. Fig. 3.—Hippocrates. evince the knowledge thus gained. He was a contemporaryof Socrates, although somewhat younger, and lived in theage of Pericles,—the golden age for science and art inGreece. The Island of Cos is now called Stan-Co, and is situatednot far from the coast of Ionia. Formerly it was consid-ered as having a most salubrious climate; now that it isunder the dominion of the Turks, it is considered mostunhealthy. It possessed a temple dedicated to iEsculapius 20 THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE. and a celebrated medical school. But Hippocrates, notsatisfied with what he could learn here, visited the principalforeign cities, and seems to have been a most accurate andpainstaking- observer and collector of notes. That heachieved great renown in his life is known, since Plato andeven Aristotle refer to him as their authority in very manymatters. His children and grandchildren
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