Where prayer, amulets and incantations work it is only a manifestation of the patient’s belief.
HIPPOCRATESEach 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.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
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I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
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What 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.
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Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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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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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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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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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
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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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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
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