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
waste used
That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.
body disease wellness
We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
knowledge men sight
Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
wise men realizing
A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
excess
Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
knowledge medicine firsts
I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
disease causes looks
Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
opposites cures
Opposites are cures for opposites.
healing doctors hands
It is believed by experienced doctors that the heat which oozes out of the hand, on being applied to the sick, is highly salutary. It has often appeared, while I have been soothing my patients, as if there was a singular property in my hands to pull and draw away from the affected parts aches and diverse impurities, by laying my hand upon the place, and extending my fingers toward it. Thus it is known to some of the learned that health may be implanted in the sick by certain gestures, and by contact, as some diseases may be communicated from one to another.
father ignorance opinion
Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
physicians lovers equal
A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
funny-inspirational sometimes remedy
To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
healing disease form
The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
breathing flow common
There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.