I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
HIPPOCRATESThrough seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
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Illnesses 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.
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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
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Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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First of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place.
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If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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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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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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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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