The Hippocratic Oath, named after the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.) – often regarded as the Father of Medicine – begins, "I swear by Apollo Physician and Aesculapius and ...

Asclepius: the god of medicine Gerald D. Hart Royal Society of Medicine Press, London (UK); 2000 262 pp. £17.50 (paper) ISBN 1-85315-409-1 In what clearly stands as a labour of long devotion, Gerald ...

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History (mythology) subsequently transformed Asclepius into the God of Medicine, and Aesculapian temples were built as places of worship and healing centers, ie, the forerunners of hospitals.