A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.
HIPPOCRATESAnd 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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Many admire, few know.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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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.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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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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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Walking is a man’s best medicine.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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Positive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for the study; early tuition, love of labor; leisure.
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