And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.
HIPPOCRATESLet food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.
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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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All disease starts in the gut.
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We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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War is the only proper school of the surgeon.
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Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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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.
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All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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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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