Of Prognostics

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Author: Hippocrates ISBN: 9781465528018
Publisher: Library of Alexandria Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Hippocrates
ISBN: 9781465528018
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Publication: March 8, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English
It ppears to me a most excellent thing for The physician to cultivate Prognosis; for by foreseeing and foretelling, in The presence of The sick, The present, The past, and The future, and explaining The omissions which patients have been guilty of, he will be The more readily believed to be acquainted with The circumstances of The sick; so that men will have confidence to intrust Themselves to such a physician. and he will manage The cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from The present state of matters. For it is impossible to make all The sick well; this, indeed, would have been better than to be able to foretell what is going to happen; but since men die, some even before calling The physician, from The violence of The disease, and some die immediately after calling him, having lived, perhaps, only one day or a little longer, and before The physician could bring his art to counteract The disease; it Therefore becomes necessary to know The nature of such affections, how far They are above The powers of The constitution; and, moreover, if There be anything divine in The diseases, and to learn a foreknowledge of this also. Thus a man will be The more esteemed to be a good physician, for he will be The better able to treat those aright who can be saved, having long anticipated everything; and by seeing and announcing beforehand those who will live and those who will die, he will thus escape censure.
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It ppears to me a most excellent thing for The physician to cultivate Prognosis; for by foreseeing and foretelling, in The presence of The sick, The present, The past, and The future, and explaining The omissions which patients have been guilty of, he will be The more readily believed to be acquainted with The circumstances of The sick; so that men will have confidence to intrust Themselves to such a physician. and he will manage The cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from The present state of matters. For it is impossible to make all The sick well; this, indeed, would have been better than to be able to foretell what is going to happen; but since men die, some even before calling The physician, from The violence of The disease, and some die immediately after calling him, having lived, perhaps, only one day or a little longer, and before The physician could bring his art to counteract The disease; it Therefore becomes necessary to know The nature of such affections, how far They are above The powers of The constitution; and, moreover, if There be anything divine in The diseases, and to learn a foreknowledge of this also. Thus a man will be The more esteemed to be a good physician, for he will be The better able to treat those aright who can be saved, having long anticipated everything; and by seeing and announcing beforehand those who will live and those who will die, he will thus escape censure.

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