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.
HIPPOCRATESIt’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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The brain of man, like that of all animals is double, being parted down its centre by a thin membrane. For this reason pain is not always felt in the same part of the head, but sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, and occasionally all over.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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All disease starts in the gut.
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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)…regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another.
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