The brain of man, like that of all animals is double, being parted down its centre by a thin membrane. For this reason pain is not always felt in the same part of the head, but sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, and occasionally all over.
HIPPOCRATESThere are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
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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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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
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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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I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.
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If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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