When in sickness, look to the spine first.
HIPPOCRATESDeclare 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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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)…regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another.
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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.
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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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It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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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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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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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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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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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Many admire, few know.
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Walking is man’s best medicine.
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It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
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