Did Hippocrates really say that?

serra ağırman yılmaz

doi:10.69124/mh.v8i3.15767

Did Hippocrates really say that?

Authors

serra ağırman yılmaz Istanbul Medipol University, Graduate School Of Medicine, Ph.D. Candidate in Department of History of Medicine and Ethics Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Medicine and Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4104-8479

Keywords:

Ottoman Medicine, Hippocrates, Ibn Şerif, Tayadhuq, transmission of knowledge

Abstract

In this study, ten preventive medicine recommendations in Ibn Şerif's Yadigâr, attributed to Hippocrates, will be analyzed. However, these don't match Hippocrates' known advice, leading to confusion. Literature suggests these recommendations might be from Islamic physician Theyâzuk, not Hippocrates. This study aims to resolve this attribution confusion by analyzing and comparing the recommendations and clarifying their origin and authorship.

Author Biography

serra ağırman yılmaz, Istanbul Medipol University, Graduate School Of Medicine, Ph.D. Candidate in Department of History of Medicine and Ethics Istanbul, Turkey; Department of Medicine and Ethics, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey

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