Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
HIPPOCRATESEunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
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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.
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It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
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Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.
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Timidity betrays want of powers, and audacity a want of skill. There are, indeed, two things, knowledge and opinion, of which the one makes its possessor really to know, the other to be ignorant.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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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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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
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Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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