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.
HIPPOCRATESWhoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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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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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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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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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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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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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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All disease begins in the gut.
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