There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
HIPPOCRATESThe combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.
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Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.
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Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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The combination of these two things makes regimen, when proper attention is given to the season of the year, the changes of the wind, the age of the individual, and the situation of his home. If there is any deficiency in food or exercise, the body will fall sick.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.
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Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant tastes, mouth for speech, body for touch, passages outwards and inwards for hot or cold breath. Through these come knowledge or lack of it.
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A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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In all abundance there is lack.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.
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All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.
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Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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