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It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease, than to know what sort of disease a person has.

— Hippocrates

Also attributed to: Hippocrates (460-377 BC)

Hippocrates, Hippocrates (460-377 BC.

The point

Understanding the patient as a person matters more than merely naming their disease.

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