Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
HIPPOCRATESA physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.
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Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession,
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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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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We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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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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Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath…. Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.
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