Galen
Most influential physician for 1500 years
Quotes by Galen
The best physician is also a philosopher.
The physician must be able to recognize the signs of disease, and to understand their causes.
Nature is the best physician.
The body is a harmony of four humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
Health is a state in which the humors are in balance.
Disease is a state in which the humors are out of balance.
The soul is the principle of life.
The heart is the seat of the soul.
The brain is the seat of reason.
The liver is the seat of anger.
The spleen is the seat of melancholy.
The physician must be skilled in anatomy and physiology.
The physician must be skilled in diagnosis and prognosis.
The physician must be skilled in therapeutics.
The physician must be skilled in surgery.
The physician must be skilled in dietetics.
The physician must be skilled in pharmacology.
The physician must be skilled in hygiene.
The physician must be skilled in ethics.
The physician must be skilled in rhetoric.