Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for the study; early tuition, love of labor; leisure.
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.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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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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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it
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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 physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
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I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
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Many admire, few know.
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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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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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