Showing posts with label Hippocrates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hippocrates. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Famous people and their quotes. Part forty.

                                                Hippocrates.

Source of image:

https://www.shutterstock.com/es/image-vector/hippocrates-460370-bc-portrait-line-art-1309240396

Hippocrates (460-370 BC) portrait in line art illustration. He was a Greek philosopher and physician who has been called 'the father of modern medicine'.

“Walking is man’s best medicine.”

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

“Make a habit of two things, to help; or at least to do no harm.”

“Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.”

Source of information:

https://www.biography.com/scholar/hippocrates

Saturday, August 3, 2019

Great people: Hippocrates.

Hippocrates of Kos or Hippocrates II was a scientist in Ancient Greece. He was born in c. 460 B. C. His father was Heraclides.


Philosopler studied medicine during the Classical Greek era. Hippocrates wrote about this science. He did many important things for medicine. Also, scientist was known as The Father of Western Medicine. Hippocratic Oath is a doctor's oath.


Greek scientist studied phycics, philosophy, and writing, too. Hippocrates started treating diseases. Plato and Aristotle wrote about this doctor.


Hippocrates died in c. 370 B. C.