To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
HIPPOCRATESThe life so short, the craft so long to learn.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for the study; early tuition, love of labor; leisure.
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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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Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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All disease starts in the gut.
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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.
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Many admire, few know.
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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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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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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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Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.
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Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.
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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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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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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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The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.
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From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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