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During a recent trip to the Greek island of Kos, the birthplace of Hippocrates, I rediscover some of the reasons why its most famous son is considered a giant not only for medicine, but for human civilization. Born around 460 BC, Hippocrates is typically considered the "father of modern medicine" because he was the first to separate medicine from religion. He transformed healing from superstition into a rational, evidence-based type of science. He was a revolutionary for his