Positive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.
HIPPOCRATESA 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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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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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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Sport is a preserver of health.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.
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What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
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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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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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