The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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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All disease starts in the gut.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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Declare 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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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Positive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.
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The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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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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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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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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First of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place.
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron cannot cure, fire cures; and those which fire cannot cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable.
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Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
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