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| − | + | Greek physician, recognized as the father of medicine. He | |
| − | + | is believed to have been born on the island of Cos, to have | |
| − | + | studied under his father, a physician, to have traveled for | |
| − | + | some time, perhaps studying in Athens, and to have then | |
| − | + | returned to practice, teach, and write at Cos. The | |
| − | + | Hippocratic or Coan school that formed around him was of | |
| − | + | enormous importance in separating medicine from superstition | |
| − | + | and philosophic speculation, placing it on a strictly | |
| − | + | scientific plane based on objective observation and critical | |
| + | deductive reasoning. | ||
| + | {{right-align|[ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ]}} | ||
| + | </poem>}} | ||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
Revision as of 20:36, 29 April 2010
@ Hippocrates 
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| Difficulty | 22 |
| Attacks |
Physical 1d6 |
| Base level | 20 |
| Base experience | 582 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 0 |
| Base MR | 40 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Not randomly generated; unique |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | Human |
| Resistances | Poison |
| Resistances conveyed |
None
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Encyclopedia entry
Greek physician, recognized as the father of medicine. He
is believed to have been born on the island of Cos, to have
studied under his father, a physician, to have traveled for
some time, perhaps studying in Athens, and to have then
returned to practice, teach, and write at Cos. The
Hippocratic or Coan school that formed around him was of
enormous importance in separating medicine from superstition
and philosophic speculation, placing it on a strictly
scientific plane based on objective observation and critical
deductive reasoning.
[ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ]
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