I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.
HIPPOCRATESIt 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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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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The brain of man, like that of all animals is double, being parted down its centre by a thin membrane. For this reason pain is not always felt in the same part of the head, but sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, and occasionally all over.
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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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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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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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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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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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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Divine is the task to relieve pain
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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