Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
HIPPOCRATESAnd 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.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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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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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen.
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There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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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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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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Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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