FIRST PHYSICIAN
LING SPECIALIST The firsf null doctor was Ilipporeates, who was born about 460 .B. C., and died about 1577 JvG. He brought science to the art of healing. Lung troubles were his speciality. For. sufferers he prescribed sunshine and rest, nourishing food, and plenty of milk. It was nearly -200 years before another doctor recommended similar treatment for tuberculosis of the lungs. He was centuries ahead of his time. Had ho lived in a later age, lie would have been known as a great .physician.
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Opotiki News, Volume X, Issue 1041, 28 October 1947, Page 3
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87FIRST PHYSICIAN Opotiki News, Volume X, Issue 1041, 28 October 1947, Page 3
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