Saturday 6 July 2013

When did the study of anatomy and physiology first become accepted as sciences?




Anatomy and physiology were first accepted as sciences during ancient Greek times. Hippocrates (c. 460–377 B.C.E.), who is considered the father of medicine, established medicine as a science, separating it from religion and philosophy. His application of logic and reason to medicine was the beginning of observational medicine.

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