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.
HIPPOCRATESFrom nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations
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War is the only proper school of the surgeon.
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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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I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.
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The brain of man, like that of all animals is double, being parted down its centre by a thin membrane. For this reason pain is not always felt in the same part of the head, but sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, and occasionally all over.
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The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.
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Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
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The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
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Health is the greatest of human blessings.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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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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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
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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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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
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Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
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Many admire, few know.
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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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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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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