Men ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs, despondency, and lamentations. And by this, in an especial manner, we acquire wisdom and knowledge, and see and hear and know what are foul and what are fair, what are bad and what are good, what are sweet and what are unsavoryโฆ. And by the same organ we become mad and delirious, and fears and terrors assail usโฆ.All these things we endure from the brain when it is not healthyโฆ.In these ways I am of the opinion that the brain exercises the greatest power in the man.
HippocratesSome patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.
HippocratesI also maintain that clear knowledge of natural science must be acquired, in the first instance, through mastery of medicine alone.
HippocratesIn acute diseases the physician must conduct his inquiries in the following way. First he must examine the face of the patient, and see whether it is like the faces of healthy people, and especially whether it is like its usual self. Such likeness will be the best sign, and the greatest unlikeness will be the most dangerous sign. The latter will be as follows. Nose sharp, eyes hollow, temples sunken, ears cold and contracted with their lobes turned outwards, the skin about the face hard and tense and parched, the colour of the face as a whole being yellow or black.
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