Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
HIPPOCRATESWhere there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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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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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
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Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
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An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
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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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In all abundance there is lack.
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Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.
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