That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
HIPPOCRATESThat which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
HIPPOCRATESI swear… to hold my teacher in this art equal to my own parents; to make him partner in my livelihood; when he is in need of money to share mine with him; to consider his family as my own brothers and to teach them this art, if they want to learn it, without fee or indenture.
HIPPOCRATESThere are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
HIPPOCRATESI 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.
HIPPOCRATESThe physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.
HIPPOCRATESI will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.
HIPPOCRATESLook to the seasons when choosing your cures
HIPPOCRATESIn all abundance there is lack.
HIPPOCRATESLeave your drugs in the chemist’s pot if you can heal the patient with food.
HIPPOCRATESFoolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
HIPPOCRATESPrimum non nocerum. (First do no harm)
HIPPOCRATESIt is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
HIPPOCRATESInto 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,
HIPPOCRATESAll disease begins in the gut.
HIPPOCRATESAll excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
HIPPOCRATESMake a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
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