Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
HIPPOCRATESOpposites are cures for opposites.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.
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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for his illness. Only then is it possible to help him.
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The brain of man, like that of all animals is double, being parted down its centre by a thin membrane. For this reason pain is not always felt in the same part of the head, but sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, and occasionally all over.
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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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It is the same thing which makes us mad or delirious, inspires us with dread and fear, whether by night or by day, brings us sleeplessness, inopportune mistakes, aimless anxieties, absent-mindedness and acts that are contrary to habit.
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Sport is a preserver of health.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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