Tree of Hippocrates

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The Tree of Hippocrates is the Platanus orientalis (plane tree, or platane, in Europe) under which, according to the legend, Hippocrates of Kos (considered the Father of Medicine) thaught his pupils the art of medicine.

Tree on Kos

Tree on Kos

Seedling grown from tree on Kos, US National Library Medicine [low resolution pic]
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