There are, in effect, two things, to know and to believe one knows; to know is science; to believe one knows is ignorance.
The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.
And if incision of the temple is made on the left, spasm seizes the parts on the right, while if the incision is on the right, spasm seizes the parts on the left.
The brain of man, like that of all animals is double, being parted down its centre by a thin membrane. For this reason pain is not always felt in the same part of the head, but sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, and occasionally all over.
Wine is an appropriate article for mankind, both for the healthy body and for the ailing man.
Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.
The physician must be able to tell the antecedents, know the present, and foretell the future – must mediate these things, and have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.
To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance.
Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.
Rest as soon as there is pain.
I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen.
Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.
In all abundance there is lack.
When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances remain.
And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.
All excesses are inimical to Nature. It is safer to proceed a little at a time, especially when changing from one regimen to another.
Time is that wherein there is opportunity, and opportunity is that wherein there is no great time.
An insolent reply from a polite person is a bad sign.
Divine is the task to relieve pain.