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.
HIPPOCRATESThe 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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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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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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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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Walking is man’s best medicine.
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I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.
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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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The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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