Medicine Through Time - Key Individuals

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HIPPOCRATES

Theory Of The Four Humours

The four humour theory was and still is used as a basis for medical diagnosis.

Use of the four humours as a diagnostic tool would result in doctors looking for symptoms; the first time that clinical observation of a patient was recorded.

Galen, opposite theory.

Hippocratic Oath

To give confidence in doctors. High standards of treatment and behaviour.