And if this were so in all cases, the principle would be established, that sometimes conditions can be treated by things opposite to those from which they arose, and sometimes by things like to those from which they arose.
HIPPOCRATESWalking is a man’s best medicine.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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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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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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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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Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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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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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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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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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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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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Walking is man’s best medicine.
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