Hippocrates

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Description: Hippocrates is the greatest physician of Antiquity, also called the father of medicine. The Hippocratic Oath is associated with his name. Famous Hippocratic principles are: "First do no harm" and "Art is eternal, but life is short" According to his biography, he was trained at the healing temple on the island of Kos. Hippocrates wandered long before he settled in Kos to practice and teach medicine. His ideas denied superstition, the divine origin of diseases, and also the magic of primitive medicine, and thus laid the foundations of the science of medicine. The figurine is precisely crafted from metal-coated polyresin with attention to every detail. Dimensions of the figurine: h 40 cm