I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
HIPPOCRATESHealing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
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First 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.
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Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Many admire, few know.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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Nature itself is the best physician.
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
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