Sneezing coming on, in the case of a person
afflicted with hiccup, removes the hiccup.
AphorismsVI.
Opposites are cures for opposites.
BreathsI
Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion
breeds ignorance.
The Canon LawIV
In order to prognosticate correctly who will
recover and who will die, in whom the days will be
long, in whom short, one must know all the
symptoms, and must weigh their relative value.
Corpus Hippocraticum
He who desires to practice surgery must go to war.
Corpus Hippocraticum
A great part, I believe, of the Art is to be able to
observe.
Corpus Hippocraticum
Leave nothing to chance, overlook nothing;
combine contradictory observations and allow
yourself enough time.
Corpus Hippocraticum
I will not use the knife, not even on the sufferers
from stone, but will withdraw in favour of such
men as are engaged in this work.
Corpus Hippocraticum
As to diseases, make a habit of two things; to help
or at least not to harm.
Corpus Hippocraticum
A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal
to a god.
Decorum, V
Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge
acquired by the ancients.
Entering the world(M. Odent)
Use strengthens, disuse debilitates.
In the SurgeryXX (transl. E. T. Witherington)
And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of
my profession, as well as outside my profession in
my intercourse with men, if it be what should not
be published abroad, I will never divulge holding
such things to be holy secret.
The Hippocratic Oath
Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the
future.
Epidemics
The art has three factors, the disease, the patient,
and the physician. The physician is the servant of
the art. The patient must co-operate with the
physician in combating the disease.
EpidemicsI
Natural forces are the healers of disease.
EpidemicsVI
The wasting of the brain which leads to baldness.
EpidemicsVI.iii.
What drugs fail to cure, that the knife cures not,
that the fire cures; this must be called incurable.
The Oath(transl. Edelstein)
I will neither give a deadly drug to anybody if
asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this
effect.
The Oath
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes a
matter of opportunity.
Precepts
So do not concentrate your attention on fixing
what your fee is to be. A worry of this nature is
likely to harm the patient, particularly if the
disease be an acute one. Hold fast to reputation
rather than profit.
Precepts
Whenever therefore a man suffers from an ill
which is too strong for the means at the disposal of
medicine, he surely must not even expect that it
can be overcome by medicine.
The ArtVIII
Sometimes give your services for nothing. And if
there be an opportunity of serving one who is a
stranger in financial straits, give full assistance to
all such. For where there is love of man, there is
also love of the art.
The ArtVI
Physicians who meet in consultation must never
quarrel, or jeer at one another.
The ArtVIII
Fat people who want to reduce should take their
exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to
their food out of breath... Thin people who want
to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never
take exercise on an empty stomach.
A Regimen for HealthIV (transl. John Chadwick and
W.N. Mann)
A wise man ought to realise that health is his
most valuable possession.
A Regimen for HealthIX (transl. John Chadwick and
W.N. Mann)
The physician must have a worthy appearance; he
should look healthy and be well-nourished,
appropriate to his physique; for most people are of
the opinion that those physicians who are not tidy
in their own persons cannot look after others well.
Attributed
The natural healing force within us is the greatest
force in getting well.
Attributed
To teach them this Art, if they shall wish to learn
it, without fee or stipulation, and that by precept,
lecture, and every other mode of instruction, I will
impart a knowledge of the Art.
AttributedRussell Hoban –
US writer and illustrator
When you suffer an attack of nerves you’re being
attacked by the nervous system. What chance has
a man got against a system?
The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-BoazCh. ·