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Objects of Art: Tree of Hippocrates
Objects of Art: Tree of Hippocrates
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Location:
Across Center Drive, on the north side of Building 38
Planted December 14, 1961 at the dedication of the National
Library of Medicine |
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| A gift from the Greek Dodecanese island of Cos, historic
birthplace of Hippocrates, Father of Medicine, the cutting came
from the very tree (platanus orientalis) under which Hippocrates
is said to have conducted his classes some 25 centuries ago. |
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| The cutting was given to the U.S. Ambassador in Athens,
Greece in July 1960 and cared for in the Glenn Dale Nurseries of
the Agriculture Research Center in Maryland and was formally
presented to the National Library of Medicine by the Ambassador
of Greece to the United States |
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The teachings of Hippocrates, preserved in the
works known as the "Hippocratic Corpus," gave birth to the
science of medicine and inspired physicians through the ages. The
Hippocratic spirit and oath live to this day. |
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