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.
HIPPOCRATESThe physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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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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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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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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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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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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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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