It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.
HIPPOCRATESSilence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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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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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.
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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
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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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Walking is man’s best medicine.
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Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession,
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And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.
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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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Each of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
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