Many admire, few know.
HIPPOCRATESFirst of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
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What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.
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The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
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Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for the study; early tuition, love of labor; leisure.
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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All disease starts in the gut.
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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations
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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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Life is short, the art long.
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath…. Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.
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