We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
HIPPOCRATESIllnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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In all abundance there is lack.
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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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Sport is a preserver of health.
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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath…. Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.
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War is the only proper school of the surgeon.
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I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
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Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.
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