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
may statistics appearance
When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
men may spread
What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
may disease serious
It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
art experience judgment life opportunity
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.
disease
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.
faults taking
Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.
health matter time
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
benefit consider derive health human learn man
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
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For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
medicine fire doe
What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
wine men healthy
Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
love art men
For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
pain health blood
The human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. These are the things that make up its constitution and cause its pain and health. Health is primarily that state in which these constituent substances are in the correct proportion to each other, both in strength and quantity, and are well mixed.
knowledge ignorance opinion
Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.