The physician treats, but nature heals.
Father of medicine
The physician treats, but nature heals.
Father of medicine
A statement on the role of the physician as an aid to natural healing processes.
c. 460-370 BCE
Found in 2 providers: gemini,grok
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"The patient should be made to understand that he is sick from natural causes, and not from the gods."
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Philosophical