Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
HIPPOCRATESEach 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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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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Health is the greatest of human blessings.
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
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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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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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Walking is a man’s best medicine.
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And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.
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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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