Hippocrates (dec 1, 460 BC – dec 1, 375 BC)
Description:
Hippocrates had a naturalistic approach to disease and believed that disease was a result of natural causes that could be explained by natural phenomena such as regional weather. He also stressed the empirical side of interpreting data and relied less on speculation/theorizing which was often seen in rationalist thinking. Additionally, he developed the theory of the four humors and how disease is caused by an imbalance in any of the 4.Added to timeline:
Date:
dec 1, 460 BC
dec 1, 375 BC
~ 85 years