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
astrology physicians
A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
disease physicians patient
The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
sick healthy physicians
The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
physicians should sensational
Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
physicians lovers equal
A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
reality physicians titles
Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
funny-inspirational physicians
Nature itself is the best physician.
contentment physicians medical
Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.
physicians treats heal
The physician treats, but nature heals.
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.