Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
HIPPOCRATESAnyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession,
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Divine is the task to relieve pain
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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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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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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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Many admire, few know.
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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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And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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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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It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit.
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