It’s far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
HIPPOCRATESSleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease.
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The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
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Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions?
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It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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Look to the seasons when choosing your cures
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We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth.
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Life is short, the art long.
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The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.
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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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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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From nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations
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Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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