Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron cannot cure, fire cures; and those which fire cannot cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable.
HIPPOCRATESEven when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.
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A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought to derive profit from his sicknesses.
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I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
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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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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.
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When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
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The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it
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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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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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Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.
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