Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
HIPPOCRATESOf several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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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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All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
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I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
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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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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 chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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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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All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.
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