Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
HIPPOCRATESHe who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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In all abundance there is lack.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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I swear… to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.
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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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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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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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The art has three factors, the disease, the patient, the physician. The physician is the servant of the art. The patient must cooperate with the physician in combatting the disease.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
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The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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