The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.

And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.

Healing in a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.

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.

Into whatsoever houses I enter, I will enter to help the sick, and I will abstain from all intentional wrong-doing and harm, especially from abusing the bodies of man or woman, bond or free. And whatsoever I shall see or hear in the course of my profession, as well as outside my profession in my intercourse with men, if it be what should not be published abroad, I will never divulge, holding such things to be holy secrets.