Hippocrates
Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Kos, also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician of the Age of Pericles, and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine. He is referred to as the "Father of Western Medicine" in recognition of his lasting contributions to the field as the founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine. This intellectual school revolutionized medicine in ancient Greece, establishing it as a discipline distinct from other fields with which it had...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionScientist
views two special
The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.
health intelligent men
Any man who is intelligent must, on considering that health is of the utmost value to human beings, have the personal understanding necessary to help himself in diseases, and be able to understand and to judge what physicians say and what they administer to his body, being versed in each of these matters to a degree reasonable for a layman.
body disease wellness
We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
art medicine wish
Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
doctors ayurveda foolish
Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
health medicine natural
The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
health blessing illness
Health is the greatest of human blessings.
gout eunuchs
Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
believe ignorance knows
To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
ignorance science two
There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
art ignorance practice
Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
excess
Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
disease guts
All disease begins in the gut.
pain men animal
The brain of man, like that of all animals is double, being parted down its centre by a thin membrane. For this reason pain is not always felt in the same part of the head, but sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, and occasionally all over.