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.
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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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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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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Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)…regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another.
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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Wherefore the heart and the diaphragm are particularly sensitive, they have nothing to do, however, with the operations of the understanding, but of all these the brain is the cause.
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The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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…all the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are most difficult to be understood by the inexperienced, fall upon the brain.
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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 is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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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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