Ancient Greek Physician
I swear… to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.
Hippocrates – [Teachers and Teaching]
If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
Hippocrates – [Exercise]
Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.
Hippocrates – [Doctors]
Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease
Hippocrates – [Disease]
To do nothing is also a good remedy.
Hippocrates – [Indecision]
Walking is a man's best medicine.
Hippocrates – [Medicine]
What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
Hippocrates – [Medicine]
Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
Hippocrates – [Doctors]