Father of modern medicine

 Hippocrates lived 2500 years ago, dragging him back, to posthumously hand him a title of "Father of Modern Medicine", sure needs a look over.

In his days, medicines were native, natural, individualised and personal with no intermediaries.


Now things are different, practically ulta. (pronounced wool ta)


His terms were first do no harm, ( the fear created lasts a lifetime) let food be thy medicine, things which are practically impossible now, then patient was of initial and only importance.


Now a days patient is secondary, primary is the pharmacy, corporate, and anyone else who can come, and win the heart, mind, soul and anything else of the medical doctor.


So who could be given the honour  ?


There was an, Abraham Flexner, and his report ( medical education in the United States and Canada)  done in 1910, through the Carnegie foundation, and John D Rockefeller, who changed the medical system, then available to the one in vogue.



The real honour should be bestowed on one of these, as it would be apt than the original Greek, who was more of an alternative medicine man, than what we now have.


Am sure He would agree, and rightfully hand over the title, to the one who would accept.



P. S.
It all started, when a relative called on me, if I would teach a local villager without work, the art of medicine  !


Hippocrates looked from one of the volumes in my shelf, which housed his oath.


I agreed on one condition, " You and your family receive treatment only from my student."


He left.

 

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