We must turn to nature itself, to the observations of the body in health and in disease to learn the truth. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
A wise man ought to realize that health is his most valuable possession. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
The way to health is to have an aromatic bath and a scented massage every day. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
If someone wishes for good health, one must first ask oneself if he is ready to do away with the reasons for… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Any man who is intelligent must, on considering that health is of the utmost value to human beings, have the personal understanding… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
The body of man has in itself blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile; these make up the nature of this body,… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
The human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. These are the things that make up its constitution and cause… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Men ought to know that from the brain and from the brain only arise our pleasures, joys, laughter, and jests as well… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed,… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Positive health requires a knowledge of man's primary constitution and of the powers of various foods, both those natural to them and… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. And… — Hippocrates Copy Share
But medicine has long had all its means to hand, and has discovered both a principle and a method, through which the discoveries made… — Hippocrates Copy Share
The dignity of a physician requires that he should look healthy, and as plump as nature intended him to be; for the common crowd… — Hippocrates Copy Share
I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain… — Hippocrates Copy Share
There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. — Hippocrates Copy Share
The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different. — Hippocrates Copy Share
Everyone has a doctor in him or her; we just have to help it in its work. The natural healing force within each one… — Hippocrates Copy Share
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… — Hippocrates Copy Share
Medicine in its present state is, it seems to me, by now completely discovered, insofar as it teaches in each instance the particular details… — Hippocrates Copy Share
A sensible man ought to think about that well being is the best of human blessings, and find out how by his personal thought… — Hippocrates Copy Share
Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them… — Hippocrates Copy Share
