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Greek physician

Hippocrates, a renowned Greek physician, is known as the 'Father of Medicine'. Born in 460 BC and died in 370 BC, he proposed the 'humoral theory' and emphasized the importance of the 'Hippocratic Oath' for doctors. His medical theories and practices have had a profound impact on the world.

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“The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd consider those who are not of this excellent bodily condition to be unable to take care of themselves.”

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“He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.”

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“Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.”

“The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.”

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“Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.”

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“Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.”

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“When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.”

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Book:Aphorisms

Source: Aphorisms

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

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Source: Hippocrates

“Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath.... Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.”

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“Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.”

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Book:The Genuine Works of Hippocrates

Source: The Genuine Works of Hippocrates

“Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets.”

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Author:Hippocrates

About the Author

Born: 460 BC
Died: 370 BC
Known for: Greek physician
Quotes: 168

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