Sujet
Hippocrates of Cos, Ancient Greek physician, 1866. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Hippocrates of Cos, Ancient Greek physician, 1866. Known as the 'father of medicine' Hippocrates (c460-c359 BC) laid the foundations of a scientific basis for medicine. He taught that the four humours (blood, phlegm, black bile and yellow bile) were the main seats of disease. Engraving after an antique bust in the Louvre, Paris. From Vies des Savants Illustres by Louis Figuier. (Paris, 1866).
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1866
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B66_120
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (4,4Mo) / 28,8cm x 43,5cm / 3401 x 5135 (300dpi)