Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.
HIPPOCRATESIf 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.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations
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The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd consider those who are not of this excellent bodily condition to be unable to take care of themselves.
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Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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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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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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Life is short, the art long.
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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Many admire, few know.
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…all the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are most difficult to be understood by the inexperienced, fall upon the brain.
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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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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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The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it
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