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Medicine 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.

Hippocrates

Health is the greatest of human blessings.
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Blessing Greatest Health Human
The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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Above Develop Even Function Helth Impair Protection Restore
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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Diaphragm Heart However Nothing Operation Particularly Sensitive Understand
Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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Declare Diagnose Foretell Future Past Present
Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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Bald Become Eunuch Gout Take
What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Fire Heal Lance Medicine Will
All disease starts in the gut.
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All Disease Gut Start
Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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Bring never Only Pain Silence Sorrow Thirsty
The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.
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Able Antecedent Foretell Future Meditate Must Physician Present Thing
The 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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Attention Change Combination Given Individual Season Thing Win
Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
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Ailing Appropriate Article Body Both Healthy Man Mankind
I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Abortion Cause Give Not Pessary Woman
The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
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Each Foirec Force Get Greatest Hea Nature One
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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Ask Away First Good Health Illness Must One Oneself Ready Reason Someone Wish
I 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.
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Art Equal Gold Livelihood Parent Partner Swear Teacher
There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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Beget Fact Former Ignorance Knowledge Latter Opinion Science Thing Two

Medicine 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.

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Medicine 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.

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