AP. The passing of one of the greatest down home actors of all time -- Andy Griffith -- brings to mind that, sadly, many of the actors who lived in the fictional town of Mayberry, NC are no longer with us.
The Medes were an people of Indo-Iranian (Aryan) origin who inhabited the western and north-western portion of present-day Iran. By the 6th century BC (prior to the Persian invasion) the Medes were able to establish an empire that stretched from Aran (the modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan) to Central Asia and Afghanistan.
BC). The first name in the history of medicine is Hippocrates, a physician from the island of Cos in ancient Greece. Known as the Father of Medicine, Hippocrates has long been associated with the Hippocratic Oath, a document he did not write but which sets forth the obligations, ideals, and ethics of physicians.