Drexel University College of Medicine - Medic Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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IPPOCRATES, born on the Island of Cos, B. C. 360, was the most celebrated physician of antiq- uity. He belonged to the Esclepia- dae . . . being the seventeenth in descent from flilsculapius. He re- ceived his instruction in medicine from his father and from Herodicus. Besides being a practitioner of medi- cine, he was a great philosopher. After spending some years traveling through Greece, he settled and prac- ticed his profession at Cos, finally, at about the age of eighty, dying at Larissa. Hippocrates was guided in his profession by the highest prin- ciples of honor and humanity. The Hippocratic Oath, reproduced here- with, bound all who sought to prac- tice the noble healing art in the most rigorous bonds of honor and brother- hood.

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HRISTIAN FREDERICK SAMUEL HAHNEMANN'S ancestral and cultural background bespeak his unique qualifications for the achievements of his life work. Born in poverty it served him only as a stimulus to his inherent ambition and deep penetration of the problems of life and those of his professional career. His early education was carefully guided and based upon thought and independence of thought. His unusual and extensive preparation in languages, translations and research, his almost superhuman acquisition of universal knowledge, his intelligent opinion and courage of convictions, his untiring energy and diligence, his versatility in sciences and arts, his high code of morals in relation to his professional duties towards his patients and fellow men, and his high-grade prin- ciples of citizenship were ideally climaxed by his sincere faith in divine guidance. Born in the Reform Period of medicine, stimulated by the demands for reforms in all the activities of life, it is no wonder he became the great medical reformer in Materia Medica and Therapeutics. DESIDERIO ROMAN, M.D., F. A. C. S.