Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
HIPPOCRATESWho could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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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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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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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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The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.
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Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
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A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.
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Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.
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Your foods shall be your ‘remedies,’ and your ‘remedies’ shall be your foods.
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All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
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Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.
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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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