The “Hippocratic Tree”
Oriental Plane (Platanus orientalis).
Hippocrates - the Father of Medicine - taught in the shade of the Oriental Plane on the Greek island of Cos. He lived from 460 -377 BC. The Hippocratic Collection of his writings include the Oath on which the ethics of medical practice is based. This tree was planted in February, 1964 as a seedling presented by the 6th Earl of Bradford from the ancient Oriental Plane growing in Weston Park, Shropshire. The tree in Weston Park was removed after severe damage by gales in 1985. It was over 300 years old and was believed to be a seedling from the legendary Hippocratic tree on the island of Cos.
