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Praxagoras of Kos
Praxagoras of Kos
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Praxagoras (Ancient Greek: Πραξαγόρας ὁ Κῷος) was a figure of medicine in ancient Greece. He was born on the Greek island of Kos in about 340 BC. Both his father, Nicarchus, and his grandfather were physicians. Very little is known of Praxagoras' personal life, and none of his writings have survived.
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An Aegean island off the coast of Asia Minor, renowned as the home of Hippocrates and the great medical school that made his name a byword for the physician's art.
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