We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
HIPPOCRATESMale 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.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron cannot cure, fire cures; and those which fire cannot cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable.
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Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession,
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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Timidity betrays want of powers, and audacity a want of skill. There are, indeed, two things, knowledge and opinion, of which the one makes its possessor really to know, the other to be ignorant.
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The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd consider those who are not of this excellent bodily condition to be unable to take care of themselves.
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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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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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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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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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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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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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