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.
HIPPOCRATESThose 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.
HIPPOCRATESA physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
HIPPOCRATESWhoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for the study; early tuition, love of labor; leisure.
HIPPOCRATESWhat I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
HIPPOCRATESTo do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
HIPPOCRATESNature itself is the best physician.
HIPPOCRATESThe natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
HIPPOCRATESThe 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.
HIPPOCRATESDeclare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
HIPPOCRATESThe physician treats, but nature heals.
HIPPOCRATESAn insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
HIPPOCRATESFoolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
HIPPOCRATESOf several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.
HIPPOCRATESWhenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
HIPPOCRATESPrimum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
HIPPOCRATESIf 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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