And if this were so in all cases, the principle would be established, that sometimes conditions can be treated by things opposite to those from which they arose, and sometimes by things like to those from which they arose.
HIPPOCRATESRest as soon as there is pain.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows 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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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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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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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen.
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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Your foods shall be your ‘remedies,’ and your ‘remedies’ shall be your foods.
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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for the study; early tuition, love of labor; leisure.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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Sport is a preserver of health.
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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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First of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place.
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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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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 wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
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What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
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