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Hippocrates Library

The International Hippocratic Foundation of Kos (IHFK)  is a public benefit foundation, founded in 1960, in honor of the father of medicine Hippocrates, following the initiative of surgeon/urologist and professor at the University of Athens, Spyridon Oikonomou, who also became the first president of the foundation.

The Multilanguage Hippocratic Library can be found at the International Hippocratic Foundation of Kos. It is the result of the vision, initiative, and total funding of the honorary President of the foundation, emer. Professor of Medicine, Rutgers—New Jersey Medical School USA, Christos Moschos.


THE SIGNATURE OF SALMAKIDA
Kos Author: Theodosios Diakogianis

Description:

In 1998, Danish archaeologist Signe Isager published an inscription entitled "The Pride of Bodrum". The inscription had 60 verses mutilated because the marble was broken on its right side. The inscription was found at Cape Kaplan Kalessi, opposite Kos, where the ancient source of Salmakida was located.

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