A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
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It is believed by experienced doctors that the heat which oozes out of the hand, on being applied to the sick, is highly salutary. It has often appeared, while I have been soothing my patients, as if there was a singular property in my hands to pull and draw away from the affected parts aches and diverse impurities, by laying my hand upon the place, and extending my fingers toward it. Thus it is known to some of the learned that health may be implanted in the sick by certain gestures, and by contact, as some diseases may be communicated from one to another.
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Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.
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'Opposites are cures for opposites.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.
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Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
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Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a mater of opportunity.
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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
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Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
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To do nothing is also a good remedy.
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Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
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As to diseases, make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
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As to diseases make a habit of two things - to help, or at least, to do no harm.
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To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
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Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease
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Walking is a man's best medicine.
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Many admire, few know.
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Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.
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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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Walking is man's best medicine.
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