Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
HIPPOCRATESThe function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid all citations from the poets, for to quote them argues feeble industry.
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Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
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Where there is love of medicine, there is love of humankind.
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The physician treats, but nature heals.
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A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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All disease starts in the gut.
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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.
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Sport is a preserver of health.
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Positive health requires a knowledge of man’s primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and those resulting from human skill. But eating alone is not enough for health. There must also be exercise, of which the effects must likewise be known.
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That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
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Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
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