In all abundance there is lack.
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.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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Whoever 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.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil.
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All disease starts in the gut.
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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Science begets knowledge; opinion, ignorance.
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Leave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
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I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.
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Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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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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Timidity betrays want of powers, and audacity a want of skill. There are, indeed, two things, knowledge and opinion, of which the one makes its possessor really to know, the other to be ignorant.
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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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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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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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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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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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Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.
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Medicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
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The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.
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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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