Hippocrates

Hippocrates (460-370 B. C.) of Cos was the first Greek physician, the father of medicine, born at Cos. He was a contemporary of Socrates and Plato and was of wide-spread renown as a physician, and is believed to have authored many medical writings and established medical schools. No fewer than 60 writings are ascribed to him, but only a few are genuine. He was settled in Thessaly and died at Larissa.

Wisdom & Quotes

• Life is short , art long , opportunity fleeting , expenditure treacherous, judgement difficult.

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• Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there also is love of humanity.

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• Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.

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• The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.

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• Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods, a man should himself lend a hand.

-Regimen

• The human soul develops up to the time of death.

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Democritus