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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.

Hippocrates

Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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Holy Man Only Reveal Thing
The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd consider those who are not of this excellent bodily condition to be unable to take care of themselves.
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Common Crowd Dignity Ensure Healthy Look Physician Plump Require
Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.
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Doctor Everyone Help Her Him Just Work
Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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Humankind Love Medicine Where
All diseases begin in the gut.
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All Begin Disease Gut
Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. …
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Brain Jest Joy Know Laughter Men Only Ought Pain Pleasure Sorrow
Male and female have the power to fuse into one solid, both because both are nourished in both and because soul is the same thing in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
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Both Female Fuse Male Power Same Solid Soul Thing
He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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Far Go Should Surgeon Who Wish
…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
Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Bring never Only Pain Silence Sorrow Thirsty
The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.
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Able Antecedent Foretell Future Meditate Must Physician Present Thing
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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Another Change Especially Excess Immical Little Nature One Process Safer Time
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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Body Change Depend Diet Each Substance Life Mab Some These Way Whole
Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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Declare Diagnose Foretell Future Past Present
Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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Both Constitute Disease Immoderate Sleep Watchfulness
Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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Also Heal Matter Opportunity Sometimes Time

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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