Hippocrates

Clinical Observations
1. A medical observation of a patient from head to foot
2. Referred to Hypprocratic text books
Causes of Disease
1. Realised it was to do with natural causes
  1. NOT SUPERNATURAL!
2. Insisted Disease has PHYSICAL causes
3. 4 HUMOURS
  1. Blood
    1. Spring/Air
  2. Yellow Bile
    1. Summer/Fire
  3. Black Bile
    1. Autumn/Earth
  4. Phlegm
    1. Winter/Water
Hippocratic Oath
1. Keep confidences SECRET
2. Live a GOOD and HOLY life
3. Do not give POISON
4. Taken by Doctors
Books
1. THE HIPPOCRATIC COLLECTION
  1. Series of books, 60 of which written by HIPPOCRATES, others written by other GREEK DOCTORS
  2. Influenced by Greek thinkers such as Pythagoras
  3. About surgery which dealt mainly with procedures with highest success rate
  4. Encouraged doctors to write what they had done WRONG to learn from their MISTAKES
Natural Treatments
1. Started to understand that they worked BETTER than praying to Gods
2. Used GARLIC, VINEGAR, HONEY
3. IMPORTANT to let illness follow NATURAL course
  1. Provide patient a CLEAN and CALM environment
4. Tried to AVOID SURGERY but sometimes ONLY OPTION
1. Listen to Me!

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