Description
This large round plaque of Hippocrates is ideal for a medical doctor or a clinic. Around the face the name of the clinic can be inscribed and as such it could be excellent addition to doctor’s office. Hippocrates of Cos (c. 460 BC-380 BC) was an ancient Greek physician, commonly regarded as one of the most outstanding figures in medicine of all time; he has been called “the father of medicine.” He was a physician from the so-called medical school of Kos. Writings attributed to him (Corpus hippocraticum, or “Hippocratic writings”) rejected the superstition and magic of primitive “medicine” and laid the foundations of medicine as a branch of science.
Made of cast stone. Cast stone is a type of gypsum cement whose properties are much different from plaster of paris which is what most sculpture shops use. Unlike plaster, which is soft, light and weak, cast stone is hard, heavy and strong. Cast stone feels like, and is heavy like a real stone would be, which can be experienced as soon you try to lift it.
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