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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.

Hippocrates

Each of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
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Body Change Depend Diet Each Substance Life Mab Some These Way Whole
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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Common Crowd Dignity Ensure Healthy Look Physician Plump Require
I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.
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Ability According Follow Judgment Regimen System Will
It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit.
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Absent Delirious Fear Habit Inspire Make Mindedness Same Sleeplessness Thing
It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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Better Drink Food Full
Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Bring never Only Pain Silence Sorrow Thirsty
And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.
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Amde Incision Left Part Right Seize Spassm Temple
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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Condition Important Know More Person
Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.
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Condition Conscious Contentment Goodness Helth Perilous Recover Some Patient
Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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Do Habotm Two Harm Help Least Make No Thing
Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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But Few Many Physician Reality Title Very
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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Food Life Medicine Thy
Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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First Harm No Nocerum Non Primum
Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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Drag Evil Idleness Lack Occupation Tend Toward
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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Call Good Hamd Indeed Prayer While
If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid all citations from the poets, for to quote them argues feeble industry.
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Ambition Audience Avoid Citation Crowd Hold Laudable Least Lecture Sake Wish

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