Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
HIPPOCRATESThrough seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
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…all the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are most difficult to be understood by the inexperienced, fall upon the brain.
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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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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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Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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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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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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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
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All disease starts in the gut.
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I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
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