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
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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.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
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Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs, and tears.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient's belief.
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I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
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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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To do nothing is also a good remedy
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Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.
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It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.