I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.
HIPPOCRATESThe natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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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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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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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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If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.
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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 forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
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The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
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A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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