And if this were so in all cases, the principle would be established, that sometimes conditions can be treated by things opposite to those from which they arose, and sometimes by things like to those from which they arose.
HIPPOCRATESIf you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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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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All disease starts in the gut.
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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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And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.
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It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
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It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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