Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
HIPPOCRATESIt 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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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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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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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. …
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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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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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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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In all abundance there is lack.
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There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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