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Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition instructionl a favorable place for the study early tuition, love of labor leisure.
Hippocrates
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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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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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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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Your foods shall be your 'remedies,' and your 'remedies' shall be your foods.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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