Zitat des Tages von Hippocrates:
Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.
Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.
To do nothing is also a good remedy.
What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.
The life so short, the craft so long to learn.
Many admire, few know.
Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
Life is short, the art long.
Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance.
It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.
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.
Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm.
Cure sometimes, treat often, comfort always.
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.
If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.
The art is long, life is short.
A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.
Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.
Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.
Walking is man's best medicine.