It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)…regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another.
HIPPOCRATESMedicine 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.
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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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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.
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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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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.
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The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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Life is short, the art long.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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