The Oath was found to have been contradicted by several of the other Hippocratic texts, as well as the norms of ancient Greek Society. In Ancient Greece, abortion was allowed and suicide was not frowned upon, but this is contradicted in the Oath.
It is widely debated whether Hippocrates or Pythagoras help write the Corpus
In Hippocrates time, disease was thought to be caused by the four bodily Homours which correspond to the four seasons: Spring- Blood
Summer- Yellow Bile
Autumn- Black bile
Winter- Phlegm
These humours were then associated with four equal and universal elements which are earth (autumn), Air (blood), Fire ( yellow bile) and Water (Phlegm).
Finally, these were associated to different qualitites. Black bile was cold and dry, Blood was hot and moist, Phlegm was cold and moist and Yellow bile was hot and dry.
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http://www.catholicdoctors.org.uk/CMQ/Aug_2002/hippocratic_oath.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/blhumors_hippocrates.htm
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/hippocrates/a/hippocraticmeds.htm
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