Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
HIPPOCRATESExtreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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Positive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.
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Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and also because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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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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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.
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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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If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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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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I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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