The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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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All disease begins in the gut.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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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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War is the only proper school of the surgeon.
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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit.
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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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Divine is the task to relieve pain
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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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