Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
HIPPOCRATESI swear… to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.
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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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The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.
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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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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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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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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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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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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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