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Opposites are cures for opposites.

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Hippocrates
Greek Physician
Philosopher
Physician
Cos
Hippokrates
Hippokrates of Kos
Hippocrates of Cos
Cures
Opposites

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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.
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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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A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
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Men ought to know that from the brain, and from the brain only, arise our pleasures, joy, laughter and jests, as well as our sorrows, pains, griefs, and tears.
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Nature itself is the best physician.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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I am about to discuss the disease called 'sacred'. It is not, in my opinion, any more divine or more sacred that other diseases, but has a natural cause, and its supposed divine origin is due to men's inexperience, and to their wonder at its peculiar character.
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I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion.
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Your foods shall be your 'remedies,' and your 'remedies' shall be your foods.
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Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future.
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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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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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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.
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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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