I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.
HIPPOCRATESThe human soul develops up to the time of death.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Walking is man’s best medicine.
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The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
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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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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
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The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it
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It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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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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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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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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Health is the greatest of human blessings.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
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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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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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