It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
HIPPOCRATESLeave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
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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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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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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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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
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