There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
HIPPOCRATESHe who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.
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Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
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Positive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.
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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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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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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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All disease begins in the gut.
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Sport is a preserver of health.
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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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Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.
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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 patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
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Physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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