It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
HIPPOCRATESMedicine is of all the Arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present behind all the arts.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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Life is short, the art long.
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It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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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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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food
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In all abundance there is lack.
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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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He who does not understand astrology is not a doctor but a fool.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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I also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
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Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.
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Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.
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