What medicines do not heal, the lance will; what the lance does not heal, fire will.

Hippocrates
Also known as: Ἱπποκράτης, Hippocrates of Kos
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Hippocrates (Ἱπποκράτης) of Kos (c. 460 BC - 377 BC) was an ancient Greek physician who is referred to as the "father of medicine".

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All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.