Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
HIPPOCRATESI 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.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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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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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath…. Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach.
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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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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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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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