The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.
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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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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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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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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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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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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And if this were so in all cases, the principle would be established, that sometimes conditions can be treated by things opposite to those from which they arose, and sometimes by things like to those from which they arose.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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