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.
HIPPOCRATESTo really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
More Hippocrates Quotes
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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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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.
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All diseases begin in the gut.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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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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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things–to help, or at least to do no harm.
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If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid all citations from the poets, for to quote them argues feeble industry.
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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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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well. Our food should be our medicine. Our medicine should be our food. But to eat when you are sick, is to feed your sickness.
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