Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
HIPPOCRATESSome patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs and tears. …
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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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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In all abundance there is lack.
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Nature itself is the best physician.
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Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.
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The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
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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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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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