A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
HIPPOCRATESIdleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron cannot cure, fire cures; and those which fire cannot cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable.
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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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Rest as soon as there is pain.
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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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Each of the substances of a man’s diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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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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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd consider those who are not of this excellent bodily condition to be unable to take care of themselves.
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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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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid all citations from the poets, for to quote them argues feeble industry.
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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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The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.
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Health is the greatest of human blessings.
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
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