'Founder of Medicine' During the Golden Age in Greece he was a scientist that believed all diseases came from natural causes. He also had high ideals for physicians & an oath was made that is still used today.

'Founder of Medicine' During the Golden Age in Greece he was a scientist that believed all diseases came from natural causes. He also had high ideals for physicians & an oath was made that is still used today.

• A. Galen
• B. Hippocrates
• C. Aristotle
• D. Euclid

Answer: (B)

Medicine in ancient Greece began to be practiced on the idea that diseases have natural causes and can be studied through careful observation. Hippocrates is traditionally regarded as the founder of medicine because he promoted rational investigation of illness, documented clinical observations, and the belief that illness stems from natural factors rather than supernatural forces. He also established high professional standards for physicians, crystallized in an oath that codifies ethical conduct and continues to be echoed in medical ethics today. This combination of naturalistic thinking and lasting ethical commitment is what makes Hippocrates the correct answer. Galen contributed to later medical knowledge, Aristotle and Euclid were primarily philosophers and a mathematician, not founders of medical ethics or practice in this sense.

Medicine in ancient Greece began to be practiced on the idea that diseases have natural causes and can be studied through careful observation. Hippocrates is traditionally regarded as the founder of medicine because he promoted rational investigation of illness, documented clinical observations, and the belief that illness stems from natural factors rather than supernatural forces. He also established high professional standards for physicians, crystallized in an oath that codifies ethical conduct and continues to be echoed in medical ethics today. This combination of naturalistic thinking and lasting ethical commitment is what makes Hippocrates the correct answer. Galen contributed to later medical knowledge, Aristotle and Euclid were primarily philosophers and a mathematician, not founders of medical ethics or practice in this sense.