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Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.

Hippocrates

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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Amount Could Every Exercise Give Individual Little Much Nourishment Too
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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Animal Brain Centre Double Down Like Maembrance Man Parted Thin
…all the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are most difficult to be understood by the inexperienced, fall upon the brain.
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Acute All Deadly Difficult Disease Inexperienced Most Powerful Understood
A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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Health Man Most Ought Possession Realize Valuable Wise
All diseases begin in the gut.
HIPPOCRATES

All Begin Disease Gut
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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Cure Disease Fire Iron Medicine Those
The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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Above Develop Even Function Helth Impair Protection Restore
Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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Amulet Belief Incantation Mainfestation Paient Prayer Work
If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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Doctor Fool Good Not Own
There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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Beget Fact Former Ignorance Knowledge Latter Opinion Science Thing Two
It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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Better Drink Food Full
Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.
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Call Cause Cease Divine Epilepsy Men Merely Think Understand
I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Abortion Cause Give Not Pessary Woman
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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Accustomed All Body Each Excercise Function Labor Moderation Part Therapy Use
Rest as soon as there is pain.
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Pain Rest Soon
Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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Drag Evil Idleness Lack Occupation Tend Toward

Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.

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Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.

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