You may not know his influence, so please look at A.D. 1948. The World Medical Congress adopted the Geneva Declaration, and in the following year, it was designated as an international medical ethics rule, which was based on Hippocrates' oath.
The main content of the oath is: I swear in the name of Apollo and the gods, keep the oath and be firm. I respect my parents for the teachers who teach. If necessary, I will share my money with him, support his body and treat his children like brothers. If I want, I will study medicine. I will be enthusiastic about teaching and don't get paid. I will teach medical knowledge to my son, the teacher's son and the sworn students. I will try my best to take medical measures that I think are beneficial to patients and will not bring pain and harm to patients. Don't poison anyone. I want to live and practice medicine honestly. Entering other people's homes is just for seeing a doctor, not for doing whatever you want, not for taking bribes, not for seducing the opposite sex. I will never reveal what I have seen and heard in my private life, whether it is related to my medical treatment or not, and keep it strictly confidential.
This oath has been circulated for more than two thousand years. Generations of doctors have made this oath, which has a far-reaching impact on the establishment of medical ethics. Its founder, Hippocrates, is known as the "father of medicine" and the founder of European medicine.
Hippocrates was born in a medical family in Asia Minor. He studied medicine with his father since he was a child. Later, he tirelessly studied folk medicine in various places during his extensive travels and taught in a medical school in his hometown of Kos Island.
His contribution mainly lies in liberating medicine from religious superstition and laying a scientific foundation. Before him, medicine was still limited to religious superstition and witchcraft. People think that disease is God's "condemnation". When they are sick, they go to ask God to say a spell. Not only was he cheated out of a lot of money, but he often delayed treatment and even died. Epilepsy was once regarded as a "divine disease", but Hippocrates said that this disease is not mysterious at all, but has the same nature and similar etiology as other diseases.
He put forward the theory of body fluid, arguing that diseases are caused by the imbalance of blood, mucus, jaundice and jaundice, and the imbalance of body fluid is caused by the outside world.
He attaches great importance to studying the relationship between natural environment and human health. In the famous book Wind, Water and Place, Hippocrates pointed out that when a doctor enters a city, he should first consider the direction, soil, climate, wind direction, water source, water quality, eating habits and lifestyle of the city, because these natural environmental factors have great influence on people's health. His views are very scientific and are still well received by the medical community.
Hippocrates regards disease as a development phenomenon, and thinks that doctors treat not only diseases, but also patients. They can't see the disease without seeing people and give up everything. We should not only grasp the symptoms of the disease, but also understand the temperament, personality, lifestyle and other factors of the patient. His famous sayings "Believe in nature" and "Believe in the healing power of nature" expressed the "natural therapy" he advocated. He advocates not taking medicine easily, but trying to make the body recover itself. In order to make the body recover on its own, he thinks it is very important to adjust the patient's diet and absorb rich nutrition. Therefore, he refuted the absurd practice of some quacks starving patients.
Hippocrates also made a pioneering contribution to surgical research. In his time, anatomy was forbidden by religion and customs, but he boldly broke through the ban and secretly performed human anatomy, thus gaining a lot of knowledge about human body structure and accumulating valuable information for the development of surgery. He left behind books such as Fracture and Joint Reduction, which recorded various fracture cases and dislocation reduction methods. His most precious surgical work is Head Trauma. According to his own personal experience, Hippocrates recorded the surgical methods of skull injuries and cracks in accurate language.
The medical concept of "prognosis" was first put forward by Hippocrates. He has a monograph called Prognosis, which says that doctors should not only prescribe the right medicine, but also predict the development trend, possible consequences and rehabilitation of the disease according to the explanation of the cause. This idea is very advanced.
Hippocrates left a wealth of medical works in his life, including 60 volumes, covering anatomy, pathology, clinical diagnosis, gynecology, pediatric diseases, surgery, diet and drug treatment, prognosis, medical ethics and many other aspects. The total name is the Selected Works of Hippocrates. His works show simple materialist dialectics, which has been widely circulated as a basic teaching material for medical teaching before the emergence of modern medicine.
Hippocratic proverbs are also widely circulated. Famous sayings such as "Life is short, skills last forever", "Opportunity is rare, experiment is risky, and decision-making is more valuable", "Sleepiness for no reason is a precursor to illness", "Excessive indulgence requires strong medicine" and "A simple and delicious diet is more beneficial than a refined but ruthless diet" have positive effects on people's health, health care and career.
Hippocrates' superb medical skills and noble moral character are universally respected. There is a touching story that reflects the glorious image of Hippocrates in people's minds: It is said that Hippocrates had a profound friendship with democritus, an outstanding materialist philosopher in ancient Greece. Because democritus was absorbed in his favorite natural science and philosophy research, his people accused him of madness and debauchery in order to seize his property. Hippocrates believed it and immediately came to treat his friend, but after meeting, democritus and Kan Kan talked about it, involving philosophy, politics, diplomacy and even medicine. He has a deep study of medicine and uses the atomism he founded to explain diseases. Hippocrates suddenly realized that this was a scam. Democritus is an extraordinary thinker in front of him, not a madman as his people call him. Therefore, Hippocrates was filled with indignation and determined to clear the wrongs for his friends. In court, Hippocrates solemnly pointed out: "democritus is not a madman. If there is anything wrong, it is on you people with ulterior motives. I guarantee on my honor! " The person told by Hippocrates bowed his head and said nothing, and the court finally acquitted democritus. Since then, the relationship between the two giants has become closer.
Unfortunately, there is little information about Hippocrates' life, and even his date of birth and death cannot be accurately known, which is about 460 BC to 377 BC. But there is no doubt that Hippocrates will go down in history forever.