Hippocrates bust

Hippocratic bust in biscuit or marble (heavy), very beautiful object. Dimensions height 22, base 8x9, width approximately, 9 cm. Hippocrates of kos, or simply hippocrates (from the Greek ἱπποκράτης / hippokrátês), born around 460 BC. On the island of Kos and died in 377 BC. B.C. Larissa, is a Greek doctor from the century of Pericles, but also a philosopher, traditionally considered the “father of medicine”. He founded the Hippocratic school which intellectually revolutionized medicine in ancient Greece. It makes medicine distinct and autonomous from other areas of knowledge, such as theurgy and philosophy, to make it a profession in its own right. Very little is known about Hippocrates' life, thoughts and writings. Nevertheless, Hippocrates is commonly described as the paragon of the ancient physician. He is the initiator of a style and method of clinical observation, and the founder of ethical rules for doctors, through the Hippocratic Oath and other texts from the Hippocratic corpus.