The role of Hippocrates in the development and progress of medical sciences

Greek relations with Egypt dates back to before 2000 B.C. The early Greek known systematic medicine began with the legendary Asclepios, the Greek God of Medicine. Round the 7th century B.C. many Greeks migrated to Egypt. Many of them came to Egypt to study all kinds of sciences. Greek and thence the European medicine started with the age of Pericles. Its progress centered in Hippocrates, the most Greek physician. He founded the Coan school at Cos about 430 B.C. Hippocrates separated Greek medicine from superstitions, magic and religion. He is called the father of Greek medicine. He wrote several books, the most famous of them is "The Collection" formed of 30 volumes. He exacted an oath of medical ethics also. After 300 B.C. the Hippocratic collection began to circulate, and in it was thrown everything that could by any device be passed off as of Hippocratic origin. Many medical schools were founded in Greece, which pushed medical sciences into much progress and development.