Declare the past, diagnose the present, foretell the future; practice these acts. As to diseases, make a habit of two things--to help,… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
“People think that epilepsy is divine simply because they don't have any idea what causes epilepsy. But I believe that someday we… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and… — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
It is better not to apply any treatment in cases of occult cancer; for if treated (by surgery), the patients die quickly;… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
There are in fact two things, science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
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 Image
Sleep and watchfulness, both of them, when immoderate, constitute disease. — Hippocrates Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
