There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
HIPPOCRATESLet food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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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.
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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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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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Whoever 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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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.
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Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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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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Each of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen.
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