Hippocrates was a doctor in ancient Greece who lived about 2,400 years ago. Later doctors treated him as the person who began careful medicine: watch the sick person, write down what you see, try to help, rather than only pray. People still call him the father of medicine.

Hippocrates was a doctor in ancient GreeceHippocrates（希波克拉底）是古希臘的一位醫生 who lived about 2,400 years ago大約生活在2400年前 Later doctors treated him as the person who began careful medicine後來的醫生把他當作開創審慎醫學的人 watch the sick person觀察病人 write down what you see記下你看到的東西 try to help設法幫助他們 rather than only pray而不是只靠祈禱 People still call him the father of medicine人們現在還是稱他為醫學之父

Though actually the tidy story is tidier than what we really have. The years for his birth and death are guesses, and some books with his name were probably written by other doctors in his school, not by him alone. What students meet first is the Hippocratic Oath, a promise some new doctors speak about not harming the patient. The old oath has lines we no longer keep; today's version is a later rewrite.

Though actually the tidy story is tidier than what we really have不過其實，這個乾淨俐落的故事，比我們實際掌握的資料還要整齊 The years for his birth and death are guesses他出生和過世的年份都是用猜的 and some books with his name were probably written by other doctors in his school而且有些掛他名字的書，可能是他學派裡其他醫生寫的 not by him alone不是他一個人寫的 What students meet first is the Hippocratic Oath學生最先接觸到的通常是Hippocratic Oath（希波克拉底誓詞） a promise some new doctors speak about not harming the patient這是一些新科醫生會說的承諾，內容是不傷害病人 The old oath has lines we no longer keep舊的誓詞裡有些內容我們現在已經不遵守了 today's version is a later rewrite今天的版本是後來改寫過的

Write the name with a capital H. It is one man's name, not a kind of animal, even though it starts with Hippo-.

Write the name with a capital H這個名字要用大寫H開頭 It is one man's name這是一個人的名字 not a kind of animal不是某種動物 even though it starts with Hippo-儘管它開頭是Hippo-