Lunar crater and physician Hippocrates. – Moon and Leiden, Netherlands
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N 52° 10.017 E 004° 28.636
31U E 601034 N 5780635
Next to the parking of the LUMC (Leidsch Universitair Medisch Centrum) Bust of Hippocrates (1930) by Oswald Wenckebach at the Hippocratespad.
Waymark Code: WMJ039
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 09/03/2013
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Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos (c. 460 BC – c. 370 BC) was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Greece), and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is referred to as the father of western medicine in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine. This intellectual school revolutionized medicine in ancient Greece, establishing it as a discipline distinct from other fields that it had traditionally been associated with (notably theurgy and philosophy), thus establishing medicine as a profession.
Hippocrates is a lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It is located in the northern region of the lunar surface, to the north of the crater Stebbins. To the southwest of Hippocrates are Kirkwood and the large Sommerfeld.
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