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It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)...regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another.

It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly; but if not treated, they hold out for a long time.

The chief virtue that language can have is clarity.

Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.

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.

Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. 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hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets.

Primum non nocerum. (First do no harm)

Look to the seasons when choosing your cures

Your foods shall be your 'remedies,' and your 'remedies' shall be your foods.

The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how not to need it

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.

Anyone wishing to study medicine must master the art of massage.

Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.

When in sickness, look to the spine first.

Rest as soon as there is pain.

A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.

Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. _x000D_ As to diseases, make a habit of two things--to help, or at least to do no harm.

The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day.

Health is the greatest of human blessings.

Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.

It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.