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
art experience judgment life opportunity
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.
habit
As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm.
remedy
Your foods shall be your 'remedies,' and your 'remedies' shall be your foods.
two helping habit
Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
teaching medicine people
The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it
perseverance art reflection
A natural talent is required; for, when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place, which the student must try to appropriate to himself by reflection, becoming an early pupil in a place well adapted for instruction. He must also bring to the task a love of labor and perseverance, so that the instruction taking root may bring forth proper and abundant fruits.
healthy growth age
All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.
massage way baths
The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
disease chiropractic spine
Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
physicians treats heal
The physician treats, but nature heals.
pain laughter mistake
Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. ... It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit...
health important disease
It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
health blessing illness
Health is the greatest of human blessings.
fitness medicine fasting
Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.