The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
HIPPOCRATESThe function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
HIPPOCRATESTo really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
HIPPOCRATESThe greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it
HIPPOCRATESFoolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
HIPPOCRATESI swear… to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.
HIPPOCRATESIt’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
HIPPOCRATESDeclare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
HIPPOCRATESA 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.
HIPPOCRATESWherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
HIPPOCRATESEverything in excess is opposed to nature.
HIPPOCRATESLife is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
HIPPOCRATESSilence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
HIPPOCRATESThe natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
HIPPOCRATESMake a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
HIPPOCRATESEunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
HIPPOCRATESA wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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