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Hippocrates
Physician
Specialty	Medicine
Born	c. How old was hippocrates when he died How old was hippocrates when he died Hippocrates' contribution to medicine When was hippocrates born How did hippocrates die When was hippocrates born and died 460 BC Kos, Ancient Greece
Died	c. 370 BC Larissa, Ancient Greece
Nationality	Greek

Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician whose work was enormously influential with the development of modern medicine.

Through the lens of history, he is viewed as one of the very greatest of all physicians of Greek antiquity.

The Early Years of Hippocrates

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As is the case with many famous persons born a long time ago, many of the records of the birth, life, and death of Hippocrates have been lost – if they were recorded at all.

Based on the records that do survive, we can ascertain that Hippocrates was born in 460 B.C. in Kos, Greece. What we do know about the man is found in the work of his primary biographer Soranus of Ephesus and also in the writings of the philosopher Aristotle.

Hippocrates was the son of Heraclides, who was also a physician.

It would seem that Hippocrates learned the basics of early medic