Hippocrates - OU College of Medicine marker - OKC, OK
Posted by: Max and 99
N 35° 28.827 W 097° 29.738
14S E 636473 N 3927365
A quote by Hippocrates on an Oklahoma Historical Marker
Waymark Code: WM104MT
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2019
Views: 0
This Hippocrates quote is on the OU College of Medicine Historical Marker, on the OU Health Sciences complex in OKC. The marker is on the north side of the walkway that runs west from the large circular fountain.
Quote on marker:
"...where there is love of man, there is also love of the art."
Hippocrates (c.460-400 B.C.)
Excerpt from wiki:
Hippocrates was a Greek physician of the Age of Pericles (Classical Greece), who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is often referred to as the "Father of 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 with which it had traditionally been associated (theurgy and philosophy), thus establishing medicine as a profession.
However, the achievements of the writers of the Corpus, the practitioners of Hippocratic medicine and the actions of Hippocrates himself were often commingled; thus very little is known about what Hippocrates actually thought, wrote, and did. Hippocrates is commonly portrayed as the paragon of the ancient physician, and credited with coining the Hippocratic Oath, which is still relevant and in use today. He is also credited with greatly advancing the systematic study of clinical medicine, summing up the medical knowledge of previous schools, and prescribing practices for physicians through the Hippocratic Corpus and other works
Address: 941 Stanton Young
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
Website: [Web Link]
|
Visit Instructions:
Please include the following with your submission of a visit:
1. Photograph as a proof of your visit.
2. Short narrative. Tell of your visit, share something new, edit the waymark with additional quotes found a the location, add new visiting hours or anything that would be nice to know when visiting the location.
3. Finally, please add a visit if you go to the area and you find the building, memorial, memorial or structure has been removed. Please submit an edit to the waymark adding the words {Historic/Removed} at the end. Also, edit the short description to annotate the reason it was removed for the value to other visitors.