Hip·poc·ra·tes 
(hĭ-pŏkrə-tēz′) Known as "the Father of Medicine." 460?-377? BC.
(hĭ-pŏkrə-tēz′) Known as "the Father of Medicine." 460?-377? BC. Greek physician who is associated with a body of influential writings that emphasized natural rather than supernatural causation and the role of nutrition and the environment.
Hip′po·cratic (hĭp′ə-krătĭk) adj.