Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
HIPPOCRATESFirst 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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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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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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Positive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.
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Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.
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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.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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Sport is a preserver of health.
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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
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It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
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Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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