Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
HIPPOCRATESWe must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
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Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession,
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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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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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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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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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.
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The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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.
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Nature itself is the best physician.
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Life is short, the art long.
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