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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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The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future — must mediate these things, and have two special object...more

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What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

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There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

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Both sleep and insomnolency, when immoderate, are bad.

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Persons in whom a crisis takes place pass the night preceding the paroxysm uncomfortably, but the succeeding night generally more comfortably.

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What remains in diseases after the crisis is apt to produce relapses.

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For if a man by magical arts and sacrifices will bring down the moon, and darken the sun, and induce storms, or fine weather, I should not believe tha...more