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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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Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacherous, judgment difficult.
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The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different.
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There are in fact two things, science and opinion the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
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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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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.
By Hippocrates
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.
By Hippocrates