Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron cannot cure, fire cures; and those which fire cannot cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable.
HIPPOCRATESInto whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession,
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Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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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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Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
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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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I swear… to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.
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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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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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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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