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Life is short and the art long.

Hippocrates

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Hippocrates
Greek Physician
Philosopher
Physician
Cos
Hippokrates
Hippokrates of Kos
Hippocrates of Cos
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Art
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Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.
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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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If you are not your own doctor, you are a fool.
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The human soul develops up to the time of death.
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The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
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Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.
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Silence is not only never thirsty, but also never brings pain or sorrow.
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It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.
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The body of man has in itself blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile these make up the nature of this body, and through these he feels pain or enjoys health. Now he enjoys the most perfect health when these elements are duly proportioned to one another in respect of compounding, power and bulk, and when they are perfectly mingled.
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All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.
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There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.
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Eunuchs do not take the gout, nor become bald.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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...all the most acute, most powerful, and most deadly diseases, and those which are most difficult to be understood by the inexperienced, fall upon the brain.
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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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Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.
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