Infectious Diseases Approached by Hippocratic Legacy vs. Modern Medicine: Tetanus and Malaria as an Example.

Hippocrates (circa 460 370 BC), traditionally known as the "Father of Medicine", had his outstanding impact on medical practitioners for thousands of years. As simply evidenced, to date, on graduation, they swear by Hippocratic Oath, the ethical code, and coin his principles on practicing the medical profession. In addition, they are illuminated by the Hippocratic Corpus, the traditional medical texts, following the footsteps of their predecessors throughout history.
The pathogens appeared very early in the history of life on Earth, even before trodden by humans. Since then, they are, and still, highly feared. The most recently experienced event is the overwhelming chaos and disruption caused by COVID 19 Pandemic all over the world, at all levels.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), Infectious Diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as Bacteria, Viruses, Parasites or Fungi. The diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another.
This Study aims at tracing two models of Infectious Diseases in the Hippocratic Corpus, i.e. Malaria and Tetanus, and deciding whether, or not, the Hippocratic physicians managed to locate the symptoms of both diseases (clinical image), and develop the notion of epidemic outbreak in certain areas and climatic conditions.
For elaboration, the Study relied, mainly, on the traditional medical texts, e.g. Hippocratic Corpus, and employed the comparative analytical approach, for analyzing the traditional Hippocratic text and deciding whether it is in accord or disaccord with modern medical perspective.