A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
HIPPOCRATESLife is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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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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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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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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All disease starts in the gut.
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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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Nature itself is the best physician.
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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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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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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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Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
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