To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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All disease begins in the gut.
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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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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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Wherefore the heart and the diaphragm are particularly sensitive, they have nothing to do, however, with the operations of the understanding, but of all these the brain is the cause.
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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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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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Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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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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