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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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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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Do Doctor Good Harm Kep Must Whenever
A 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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Being Best Blessing Derive Find Human Man Ought Persona Sensible Thought Well
The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd consider those who are not of this excellent bodily condition to be unable to take care of themselves.
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Common Crowd Dignity Ensure Healthy Look Physician Plump Require
Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Bring never Only Pain Silence Sorrow Thirsty
Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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Also Heal Matter Opportunity Sometimes Time
What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Fire Heal Lance Medicine Will
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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Ask Away First Good Health Illness Must One Oneself Ready Reason Someone Wish
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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Animal Brain Centre Double Down Like Maembrance Man Parted Thin
Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
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All Art Form Ignorance Inconsiderate Medicine Mobile Practice Those
Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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Acquire Ancient Despise Doctor Foolish Knowledge
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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Applied Discover Drunk Everyone Learn Medication People Reason Worth Would
There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
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Believe Effect Ignorance Know One Science Thing Two
A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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Health Man Most Ought Possession Realize Valuable Wise
An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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Bad Insolent Person Polite Reply Sign
The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
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Certain Comand Dourness Have Healthy Must Physician Ready Repulsive Sick
It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)…regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another.
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Alteration Change Chiefly Disease Especially Greatest Respocnible Season Violent

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