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The father of medicine, Hippocrates is associated with the oath all doctors must take and a method of dealing with disease that is based on a balance of four humors.
4 Humors
When today's doctor prescribes an antibiotic to fight infection, he's trying to put the patient's body back in balance, just as the ancient doctors did when they balanced the body according to the theory of four humors.
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Hippocrates of Cos was a Greek physician is considered the father of medicine.
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