Aphorisms

Name: Aphorisms
Author: Hippocrates
ISBN: 9781911495772

Author: Hippocrates
Series: Medical Library
Language: English
Length: 52 pages
ISBN: 9781911495772
Published: 9 August 2016
Imprint: The Big Nest

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Hippocrates was an ancient Greek physician who is considered to be the father of medicine. He is best known for his Hippocratic Oath, which is still used by physicians today. However, Hippocrates also wrote a number of other works, including a collection of sayings and aphorisms. These are brief, pithy sayings that offer advice or wisdom on various topics related to medicine and health.

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Hippocrates (c. 460–370 BC) is the figure most closely associated with the birth of rational medicine in the ancient Greek world. The Hippocratic Corpus — essays, case histories, and aphorisms long attributed to him and his school — sought to explain illness through observation rather than superstition. His name survives in the physician's oath and in the ideal of medicine as a humane, disciplined art grounded in evidence and care.

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