Curated OER
Hippocratic Medical Rounds
A very interesting way to model Hippocrates allows your clas to to compare world views and to illustrate how ideas have changed at key times throughout the history of science. This simulation has students role play patients and physicians.
Curated OER
Stay Well
Students complete a three part activity lesson to identify elements of longevity in life expectancies and health. In this life expectancies lesson, students read background information about life expectancy data, and visit links to for...
Curated OER
Who Was Hippocrates?
In this Hippocrates worksheet, learners study and learn facts about the contribution of Hippocrates to medicine. After reading the one page text, students may answer 4 essay questions.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Greek Medicine
Much like a great deal of western culture, modern medicine also finds its roots in ancient Greek civilization. Travel to the time of the Olympians and ancient healers to discover just how much we have learned and gained from those who...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Internet Classics Archive: Works by Hippocrates
Contains s number of works written by Hippocrates and translated by Francis Adams. Extensive primary source material.
University of Virginia
Antiqua Medicina: Hippocrates
Short, illustrated essay about Hippocrates and the central role he plays in understanding how medicine was perceived and practiced by the ancient Greeks. [Link back to the Antiqua Medicina home for access to a complete history of...
Other
History World: History of Greek Science
Presents the history of Greek science from the 6th century BC to the 2nd century AD. Navigate using the menu on the left. Covers major figures in science and mathematics, their theories and beliefs, and the influence they had, as well as...
Able Media
The Asclepion: Medicine in Ancient Greece
Impressive Classics Technology Center site lists the achievements of the ancient Greeks in medicine from the time of Homer up to Hippocrates and the plague of Athens during the Peloponnesian war. Gives evidence from ancient texts.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Hippocrates of Chios
This site looks into the life of Hippocrates, the teacher and mathematician, who worked mostly with circles and cubes.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Hippocrates of Chios
This page gives information about Hippocrates and his life. While brilliant at geometry, he was perceived as being naive and not as bright in handling his personal financial matters.
World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia: Greek Medicine
Discusses the history of Greek medicine from ancient times, and the impact of important figures such as Hippocrates, Diocles of Carystus and Praxagoras of Cos. Some of the significant advances in diagnosis and treatment are described....
Read Works
Read Works: Famous Scientists Hippocrates
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage gives a brief biography of Hippocrates and background of the Hippocratic Oath. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
The National Gallery (UK)
The National Gallery: Bust of Hippocrates
The Portrait of Ludocius Nonnius examines the bust of Hippocrates created by Peter Paul Rubens. The bust is part of the background scene for a larger, more famous painting of Rubens which can also be viewed.
PBS
Pbs Nova Online: The Hippocratic Oath Today
This resource from describes one of the oldest binding documents in history, the Hippocratic Oath. A history of the oath is provided along with information on current uses of the oath.
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Brought to Life: Hippocrates (C. 460 C. 370 Bce)
A brief overview of Hippocrates and his ideas about effective medicine.
Science Museum, London
Science Museum: Brought to Life: Hippocratic Medicine
A brief overview of Hippocratic medicine.
Other
Greek Medicine: Hippocrates: Father of Medicine
Looks at the life of Hippocrates and the significant impact he had, and continues to have today, on the practice of medicine.
PBS
Pbs Nova Online: The Hippocratic Oath (Modern Version)
The Hippocratic Oath, one of the oldest surviving oaths, is provided here in a modern version written in 1964 by Louis Lasagna.
Curated OER
University of St Andrews: Mathematics Archive: Hippocrates
This page gives information about Hippocrates and his life. It also contains informatin about different people like Aristotle, Euclid, and Proclus.
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University of St. Andrews: Hippocrates of Chios
This site looks into the life of Hippocrates, the teacher and mathematician, who worked mostly with circles and cubes.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Hippocrates
Famous physician from ancient Greece.
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Smithsonian Libraries: Hippocrates (Ca. 460 Bce Ca. 377 Bce)
A portrait of Hippocrates from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, made available through the Smithsonian Institution's Scientific Identity Collection.