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.
HIPPOCRATESWho could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
More Hippocrates Quotes
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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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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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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Walking is a man’s best medicine.
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Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath…. Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.
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The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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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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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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