“There are some arts which to those that possess them are painful, but to those that use them are helpful, a common good to laymen, but to those that practise them grievous. Of such arts there is one which the Greeks call medicine. For the medical man sees terrible sights, touches unpleasant things, and the misfortunes of others bring a harvest of sorrows that are peculiarly his; but the sick by means of the art rid themselves of the worst of evils, disease, suffering, pain and death.” MenMeanArtUsePainSufferingEvilCommonWorstTerribleSorrowDiseaseSickSightMedicinePainfulMedicalGreekHelpfulCall MeMisfortunesPhysiciansHarvestCommon GoodPractiseLaymanMisfortunes Of OthersSuffering Pain Book:Hippocrates Source: Hippocrates
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“They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.” GivingNamesStrangeExerciseHealthyDiseasePhilosophicalMedicalDietsPlatoStrangeness Author:Plato