The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.
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We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
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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.
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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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Many admire, few know.
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Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
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Each of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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