All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.
HIPPOCRATESExtreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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Life is short, the art long.
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The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.
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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 give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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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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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.
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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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All disease begins in the gut.
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