Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
HIPPOCRATESOld people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
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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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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The brain of man, like that of all animals is double, being parted down its centre by a thin membrane. For this reason pain is not always felt in the same part of the head, but sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, and occasionally all over.
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Sport is a preserver of health.
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If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid all citations from the poets, for to quote them argues feeble industry.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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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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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.
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