Antiquity. Gippokrat

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Gippokrat (460-377 BC) - the greatest doctor of a classical antiquity on the Greek island of Plaits Was born. The books written by its pupils, collected in so-called ' Gippokratov the collection ', became a source of medical knowledge throughout many centuries, up to the period of the Middle Ages.

Like all doctors of an antiquity, Gippokrat was engaged basically in applied medicine. He asserted that spells widely applied in its time and plots, a prayer and a victim, brought to gods, are insufficient for definition and treatment of illnesses. Gippokrat recommended careful inspection of the patient, has specified in necessity to pay attention to its position during a dream, a pulse rate and a body temperature. Gave great value to a place where the patient felt pains, and to their force, chill occurrence. According to Gippokrata, the good doctor should define a condition of the patient on one appearance. The pointed nose, hollow cheeks, bound together lips and an earthy complexion testify to a near death. Also now such picture is defined as ' by Gippokratovo the person '.

Gippokrat treated patients curative grasses which knew over two hundred. Objected to application at once many medicines and proclaimed everywhere now a principle applied in medicine that the doctor first of all is obliged not to do much harm to the patient - ' Primum the priest posege '.

Gippokrat was the supporter of stay of patients in the open air, a bathing, massage and employment by gymnastics; gave great value to a medical diet.