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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.

Hippocrates

And if this were so in all cases, the principle would be established, that sometimes conditions can be treated by things opposite to those from which they arose, and sometimes by things like to those from which they arose.
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All Case Condition Establish Opposite Principle Sometimes Those Treat
Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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Acquire Ancient Despise Doctor Foolish Knowledge
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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Appropriate Disease Extreme Remedy
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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Amount Could Every Exercise Give Individual Little Much Nourishment Too
I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Abortion Cause Give Not Pessary Woman
Opposites are cures for opposites.
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Cure One Liner Opposite
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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Act Declare Diagnose Disease Foretell Habit Help Make Past Practice Present Thing Two
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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Ability According Help Injury Judgement Low never Sick Treatment Use Will Wrongdoing
Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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Declare Diagnose Foretell Future Past Present
That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Away Develop Use Waste
Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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Great Opportunity Time Weather Wherein
Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.
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Consider Effect First Investigate Medine Place Princess Season Welch Wishes Year
I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
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Acquire Alone Clear First Instance Knowledge Maintain Medicine Natural Science
Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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Holy Man Only Reveal Thing
He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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Far Go Should Surgeon Who Wish
I swear… to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.
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Art Equal Gold Livelihood Parent Partner Swear Teacher

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