Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
HIPPOCRATESThe 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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All diseases begin in the gut.
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Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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Walking is a man’s best medicine.
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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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All disease begins in the gut.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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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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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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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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