Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
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And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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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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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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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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It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
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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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I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit.
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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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