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Hippocrates made many notable contributions to modern medicine including being the first to use prognosis by evaluating symptoms and comparing cases to predict illness progression. He categorized illnesses as acute, chronic, endemic or epidemic and introduced medical terms still used today. Hippocrates believed the body had power to heal itself and typically prescribed improved diet and exercise, resorting to herbal therapy, bloodletting or surgery if needed. He is considered the father of modern medicine f

Author
Monique Kristel Perez
Language
EN