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.
HIPPOCRATESHe who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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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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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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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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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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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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