There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
HIPPOCRATESI will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and also because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
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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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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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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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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.
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What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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