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.
HIPPOCRATESMany admire, few know.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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Your foods shall be your ‘remedies,’ and your ‘remedies’ shall be your foods.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Walking is man’s best medicine.
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Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
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It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
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The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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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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Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.
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