[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c7.773 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.773 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c7.773 - **Language:** English ### [c7.773](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.773) HIPPOCRAITUS. A Greek scientist and thinker. Father of the Allopathic system of medicine. He has written a book on medicine consisting of nearly seventy parts, His theory is that the heart is the centre of origin of life and the heat of the body is the manifestation of life. Out of the five elements of the Indian system of medicine he accepts four, viz. Pṛthvī (earth), Ap (Water), Agni (fire) and Vāyu (air). Till the 18th century A.D. his theories were very popular. - [Previous: c7.772](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.772) - [Next: c7.774](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.774) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.773](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c7.773) · Pramāṇa