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I have clearly recorded this: for one can learn good lessons also from what has been tried but clearly has not succeeded, when it is clear why it has not succeeded.
Hippocrates
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Hippocrates
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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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Any man who is intelligent must, on considering that health is of the utmost value to human beings, have the personal understanding necessary to help himself in diseases, and be able to understand and to judge what physicians say and what they administer to his body, being versed in each of these matters to a degree reasonable for a layman.
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Just as food causes chronic disease, it can be the most powerful cure
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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
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For where there is love of man, there is also love of the art.
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Opposites are cures for opposites.
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Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.
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To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
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That which is used - develops. That which is not used wastes away.
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Those things which are sacred, are to be imparted only to sacred persons and it is not lawful to import them to the profane until they have been initiated in the mysteries of the science.
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When in sickness, look to the spine first.
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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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I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and judgment, but never with a view to injury and wrongdoing. Neither will I administer a poison to anybody when asked to do so, nor will I suggest such a course. Similarly, I will not give to a woman a pessary to cause abortion. I will keep pure and holy both my life and my art.
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It is better to be full of drink than full of food.
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I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
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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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Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.
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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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Sometimes give your services for nothing.
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