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One of the most honoured names in medicine is the name of the Hippocrates. He is often called the Father of Medicine. He was born in 460 or 459 B. C. (before Christ) on a small island of Cos near Greece. He studied and lived for a long period in Athens.
His contemporaries considered him the wisest and the greatest physician. Hippocrates was the head of the most flourishing medical school of his age. He had many pupils and spread his teaching throughout the Greek world and even beyond.
Hippocrates was the author of hundred or more books in which he described his ideas, methods and medical procedures.
Hippocrates taught his pupils to examine the patient very attentively and to give him quick help. He created medicine on the basis of experience. Hippocrates freed medicine from superstition. He hated the idea that a disease was the punishment of gods. The aim of Hippocratic therapy was to begin treatment at the right moment, to assist the human organism to increase its energy and to combat the disease. Hippocrates paid much attention to diet, gymnastics, massage and sea-bathing in tratment. He knew the use of many drugs and was also a good surgeon. Hippocrates set fractures and even trephined the skull. Aristotle, the famous philosopher, called him Hippocrates the Great.
3. Post-reading activities
3.1 Suggest the Ukrainian equivalents:
one of the most honoured names; the wisest and the greatest physician; the head of the most flourishing medical school; described his ideas, methods and medical procedures; on the basis of experience; the punishment of gods; paid much attention.
3.2 Suggest the English equivalents:
автор сотні або більше книжок; оглядати хворого дуже уважно; створив медицину; звільнив медицину від забобонів; мета терапії Гіппократа; допомогти організму людини; використання багатьох ліків; проводив трепанацію черепа.
3.3 
Answer the following questions using given words and word-combinations:
1. What is Hippocrates?
to be the famous physician and scientist; to live before Christ in Greece; to be the head of the most flourishing medical school; to have many pupils; to spread his teaching through the Greek world and even beyond; to be the author of hundred and more medical books.
2. How is Hippocrates often called?
the Father of Medicine.
3. What kind of physician did his contemporaries consider Hippocrates?
the wisest and the greatest physician.
4. What did he advise for the treatment?
to use the proper diet, gymnastics, massage and sea-bathing.
5. What is the aim of Hippocratic therapy?
to begin treatment at the right moment; to assist the human organism to increase its energy; to use proper diet.
3.4 Say if it is true or false:
1. Hippocrates was born in 460 or 459 A. D. on a small island of Cos near Greece.
2. He studied and lived for a long period in Athens.
3. Hippocrates was the head of the most flourishing medical school of his age.
4. Hippocrates taught his pupils to give the patient quick help.
5. Hippocrates freed medicine from superstition.
6. He knew the use of many drugs and was also a good pharmacist.
7. Aristotle, the famous philosopher, called him Hippocrates the Great.
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