PROVERBS, MEDICAL EXPRESSIONS
| Ab aqua silente cave | Beware of still waters (cf. Russian: in still waters there are devils) |
| Ab imo pectōre | With complete sincerity, from the heart |
| Adhibenda est in jocando moderation | There should be a measure in jokes |
| Ab ovo | From the very beginning, from the egg |
| Absus in Baccho | Wine abuse |
| Alma mater | Mother-nurse (an old traditional name for a higher school by its graduates) |
| Allis inserviendo consūmor | Serving others, I burn myself. One of the emblems of medicine is a burning candle, which has been used since ancient times along with the main emblem - a snake with a bowl. |
| Amor tussisque non celātur | Love, like a cough, cannot be hidden. |
| Animus in talos decidit | The soul sank to its feet |
| Artem non odit nisi ignarus Asinus asinorum in saecula saeculorum Audiātur et altĕra pars | Only the ignorant hate art. Donkey of donkeys - forever and ever. You should listen to the opinion of the other side (in the legal and clinical sense) |
| Aurea mediócritas | Golden mean |
| Avarus animus NULLO satiatur lucro Bene diagnoscitur – bene curātur | The greedy soul will not be satisfied with any profit (Seneca - Roman writer) What is well recognized is well treated |
| Bis pueri senes | Old people are twice children |
| Caput sine lingua | A head without a tongue (cf. Russian: to live in someone else's mind) |
| Chirurgiae effectus inter omnes medicinae partes evidentissimus est | The effect of surgery is the most noticeable among all branches of medicine |
| Chirurgus mente pruis et oculis agat, quam manu armata | Let the surgeon act with his mind and eyes before using a knife! |
| Сogitationis poenam nemo patitur Conscientia mille testes | No one is punished for thoughts Conscience is a thousand witnesses |
| Contra factum non datur argumentum | No evidence is given against a fact (well known) |
| Contra vim mortis non est medicamentum in hortis | Against the power of death there is no remedy in the gardens (the proverbial verse of chapter 56 of the Salerno Code of Health by Arnold of Villanova) |
| Cujus commodum, ejus periculum | Whose benefit is the risk |
| Corpus sine spiritu cadaver est | A body without a soul is a corpse (speaking of a soulless person) |
| De duobus malis minius est semper eligendum | You must always choose the lesser of two evils |
| De gustibus non est disputandum | Tastes could not be discussed |
| De mortuis aut bene, aut nihil | About the dead (should be spoken) either well or nothing |
| Diagnosis bona- curatio bona | A good diagnosis (predetermines) good treatment. |
| Disce, sed a doctis, indoctos ipse doceto | Learn from those who know, and teach those who do not know |
| Divinum opus sedāre dolorem | The Divine Work is to Soothe Pain |
| Eruditio ac virtus aditum habent difficilem, sed fructum dulcissimum. | The path of learning and valor is difficult, but the fruit is sweet. (Pliny - Roman writer) |
| Esto, quod esse videris Ex nihilo nihil | You have to be what you seem Nothing will come of nothing |
| Fama crescit eundo Facies Hippocratica | Rumor is growing rapidly Hippocratic face (face of a dying man) |
| Facile omnes, cum valēmus, recta consiliă aergōtis damus | When we are healthy, we all easily give good advice to the sick. |
| Fas est et ab hoste docēri | It’s not a sin to learn from the enemy |
| Feminae naturam regere desperare est otium Fide, sed cui vide | Having decided to pacify a woman’s temperament, say goodbye to peace. Trust, but be careful who |
| Fortuna favet fatuis | Fate favors the idiotic (stupid). The power of habit is the heaviest. |
| Gravissimum est imperium consuetudinis Hic mortui vivunt, hic muti loquuntur | Here the dead live, here the dumb speak (inscription on ancient libraries) |
| Honors mutant mores, sed raro in meliores | Honors (fame) change morals, but rarely for the better |
| Hygiēna amīca valetudinis | Hygiene is a friend of health |
| Ibi pote valeri populus ubi leges valent Ignorantia non est argumentum | The people are strong where the laws are strong (Publius Sirus) Ignorance is not proof (neither for nor against) |
| Ignōti NULla curatio morbi | You can't treat an unknown disease |
| Ignavia corpus habitat, labor firmat: illa maturam senectutem, hic longam adolescentiam reddit | Laziness weakens the body, labor strengthens: this one brings early old age, this one brings long youth. (Cornelius Aulus Celsus - Roman physician theorist) |
| Imperare sibi maximum imperium est Lassitudines spontae denuntiant morbos | To control yourself is the greatest power over yourself. Spontaneous fatigue portends illness (Greek physician of the 4th century BC Hippocrates of Kos) |
| Latrante uno latrat statim et alter canis Loqui ignorabit qui tacēre nesciet | When one dog barks, the other immediately barks. He who does not know how to be silent will not learn to speak. |
| Manu militari seu manu armata | Armed with a hand (about a surgeon). |
| Mea mihi conscientia pluris est quam omnium sermo Medicare mente, non medicamentis | My conscience is more important to me than all the gossip. Treat with your mind (knowledge), not with medicine. |
| Medicamenta heroica in manu imperiti sunt, ut gladius in dextra manu furiosi | A powerful medicine in the hand of an inexperienced doctor is like a sword in the right hand of a madman. |
| Medice, cura te ipsum! | Doctor, heal yourself! (Used in relation to a bad doctor or to a person who gives good advice, but in relation to himself does not carry it out) |
| Medicus nihil aliud est, quam animi consolatio | A doctor is nothing but a consolation for the soul (Petronius - Roman writer) |
| Medice, cura aegrotum, sed non morbum | Doctor, treat the patient, not the disease |
| Medicus philosophus est; non enim multă est inter sapientiam et medicinam differentia, enim medicina medetur corpori, philosophia animo | The doctor is a philosopher; after all, there is no big difference between wisdom and medicine, for medicine heals the body, philosophy heals the soul (Hippocrates) |
| Melius sero quam nunquam | Better late than never |
| Morbi non eloquentiā, sed remediis curantur | Diseases are not cured by eloquence, but by medicine (Celsus) |
| Multa eveniunt homini quae vult et quae non vult | Many things happen to a person, what he wants and what he doesn’t want. |
| Multum vinum bibĕre, non diu vivĕre | Drink a lot of wine - you won't live long |
| Natūra sanat, medicus curat morbos | The doctor treats diseases, but nature heals (Hippocrates) |
| Ne decis operae, neve immoderatus abundes Nec mortem effugere quisquam amorem Nec quisquam melior medicus, quam fidus amicus | Don’t shy away from the task, but don’t fuss too much. No one has yet escaped from death and love. There is no better doctor than a faithful friend. |
| Nolite mittere margaritas ante porcos Non enim tam praeсlarum est scire latine, quam turpe nescire | Don’t throw pearls before swine. After all, it is not as wonderful to know Latin as it is shameful not to know it (Roman political figure of the 1st century BC Marcus Tullius Cicero) |
| Nihil aeque sanitatem impedit, quam remediorum crebra mutatio | Nothing hinders health more than frequently changing medications. (Roman political figure of the 1st century BC Seneca) |
| Nihil lacrima citius arescit | Nothing dries faster than a tear |
| Nil desperandum | Never despair |
| Nomen est omen | The name is a sign. The name itself characterizes its bearer |
| Non bis in idem | You cannot be held accountable twice for the same offense. |
| Non curătur, qui curat | Those who are overwhelmed by worries are not cured |
| Nosce te ipsum | Know yourself (inscription on the pediment of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi; found on the pediments of ancient anatomical theaters |
| Obiter dictum | Said in passing |
| Oderint dum metuant! | Let them hate, as long as they are afraid! (Roman Emperor Gaius Julius Caesar, nicknamed Caligula) |
| Officium medici est, ut celeriter, ut jucunde sanet | The duty of a doctor is to treat quickly and pleasantly |
| Omne vivum ex ovo | Everything living comes from an egg |
| Optimum medicamentum quies est | Peace is the best medicine (Celsus) |
| Omină meă mecum porto | I carry everything that’s mine with me. This means that the true wealth of a person is his inner dignity (Biantes, one of the seven sages of Greece) |
| Panem et circens | Meal'n'Real |
| Pauca, sed bona | Not much, but good, that is. less is more |
| Per fas et nefas | By hook or by crook |
| Per scientiam- ad salutem aegroti | Through knowledge to the health of the patient |
| Plenus venter non studet libenter Post factum NULLum consilium Prima cratera ad sitim pertinent, secunda - ad hilaritatem, tertia- ad voluptarem, quarta - ad insaniam | A full belly is deaf to learning. After what happened, there is no need for advice. Wed. Russian : after a fight they don’t wave their fists. The first cup promotes thirst, the second - fun, the third - pleasure, the fourth - madness (Roman writer Apuleius) |
| Primum noli nocere seu cave, ne laedas | First of all, do no harm, or be afraid so as not to harm (The Doctor’s Commandment. Hippocrates) |
| Qualis vita et finis ita | As life is, so is the end. Wed. Russian: lived like a dog and died like a dog |
| Qui bene interrŏgat, bene diagnoscit; Qui bene diagnoscit, bene curat | He who questions well makes a good diagnosis; who diagnoses well, treats well |
| Qui bibit immodice vină, venenă bibit Qui peccat ebrius, luat sobrius | He who drinks wine immoderately drinks poisons |
| Qui quaerit - reperit | He who sins while drunk, let him pay when he is sober. He who seeks, finds |
| Quid tibi fieri non vis, alteri ne feceris | Don't do to others what you don't want them to do to you. |
| Quod delicta, tot poena | Whoever committed the crime must be punished |
| Ridentem dicere verum Saeculi vitia, non hominis | Laughing to tell the unpleasant truth (in the eyes) The vices of the era, not the person |
| Salus aegrōti suprēma lex medicōrum | The welfare of the patient is the highest law for doctors |
| Si caecus caecum ducit, ambo in foveam cadunt | If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into the same pit |
| Si juvatur, natūra laudatur, si non juvatur, medicus accusātur | If it helps (the medicine), nature is praised; if it doesn’t help, the doctor is blamed |
| Similia similibus curantur | Like cures like. (principle of allopathy) |
| Sit nox cum somne, sit sine litis dies est | To have a night with sleep and a day without quarrels |
| Sit tibi terra levis | May the earth be easy for you. Wed: May you rest in peace. (one of the forms of epitaph) |
| Si vis amari, ama | If you want to be loved, love |
| Sola dosis facit venenum | Only the dose turns medicine into poison (Paracelsus - Dutch physician of the late Middle Ages) |
| Sublata causa, tollitur morbus Summum bonum medicinae sanitas | Eliminate the cause, then the disease will disappear. The highest benefit of medicine is health. |
| Summum bonum cumulatur ex intergritate corporis et ex mentis ratione perfecta | The highest good is achieved on the basis of complete physical and mental health. (Cicero) |
| Tempus vulnĕra sanat | Time heals wounds |
| Tria haec in omni morbo grava sunt: metus mortis, dolor corporis, intermissio voluptatum | In any disease, the following three (moments) are serious: fear of death, suffering of the body, interruption in pleasures (Seneca) |
| Tria mala aeque nocent: sterilitas, morbus, vicinus | Three evils are equally harmful: infertility, illness, neighbor (Roman writer of the 5th century Palladius) |
| Ubi desinit philosophus, ibi incipit medicus | Where the philosopher ends, the doctor begins |
| Ubi pus-ibi evacua (incisio) | Where there is pus, cleanse it; where there is pus, make an incision there (incisio) |
| Ut salutas, ita salutaberis | As you greet, so you will be greeted. Wed. Russian: As it comes around, so it will respond |
| Ut tute es, item omnes cences esse Valetūdo bonum optĭmum | This is how you are, you think, and that’s all. It is human nature to judge others by themselves. Health is the best good. |
| Velle suum cuique est | Everyone has their own desires |
| Veritas odium parit obsequium amicos Vestigia semper adora Ville est, quod licet Vis recte vivĕre? Quis non? | Truth breeds hatred, and flattery breeds friends Always honor the traces of the past What is easily accessible is little valued Do you want to live well? Who doesn't want to? |
| Volo, non valeo | I want but I can not. Wed. Russian: I would be glad to go to heaven, but sins don’t let me in |
LITERATURE
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Quotes, aphorisms about doctors
The most wonderful doctor is nature, if only because she cures three-quarters of all diseases and never speaks ill of her colleagues. Victor Cherbullier
A doctor is a profession, a doctor is a calling. Vasily Sumbatov
If a person suppresses the course of an illness by using drugs (as opposed to its duration, determined by fate), then from small evils large ones usually arise, from rare ones - frequent ones. Therefore, all such suffering should be regulated by lifestyle while there is still time for this. But the use of drugs cannot create greater evil. Plato
The best doctor is the one who knows the uselessness of most drugs. Benjamin Franklin
Life is short, the path of art is long, opportunity is fleeting, experience is unreliable, judgment is difficult. Therefore, not only the doctor himself must be ready to do everything that is required of him, but also the patient, those around him, and all external circumstances must contribute to the doctor in his activities. Hippocrates
A doctor is nothing more than a consolation for the soul. Petronius Arbiter
Doctors, at best, know something about diseases, but they have absolutely no understanding of health. Prentice Mulford
Doctors are those who prescribe drugs they know little about, to treat diseases they know even less about, in people about whom they know nothing at all. Voltaire
True healers know the value of shocks and vicissitudes of fate. Bernie Siegel
The robber demands: wallet or life. The doctor takes away both your wallet and your life. William Shakespeare
When a doctor cannot do any good, let him do no harm. Hippocrates
The first responsibility of a doctor is not to harm with his own hands, not to interfere with the natural healing effects of nature. Galen
To be happy with the happiness of others is the real happiness and the earthly ideal of life for anyone who chooses the medical profession. Nikolay Pirogov
The doctor treats diseases, but nature heals. Hippocrates
The great advantage of a doctor is that he is not obliged to follow his own advice. Agatha Christie
Talented doctors attach utmost importance to an accurate knowledge of human anatomy. Aristotle
There is free medicine, but there is no free treatment! Unknown author
Doctors are hated either out of conviction or out of stinginess. Maria von Ebner-Eschenbach
Doctors must, first of all, convince people to get sick. Valery Afonchenko
Why do doctors so zealously seek the trust of their patient, not skimping on false promises to improve his health, if not so that his imagination will come to the aid of their fraudulent prescriptions? Michel de Montaigne
A good doctor is a person who knows the remedies for certain ailments or, if the disease is unfamiliar to him, calls those who can help him to the patient. Jean de La Bruyère
Some doctors have been making the same mistakes for twenty years in a row and call it clinical experience. Noua Fabricant
The doctor is a philosopher; after all, there is not much difference between wisdom and medicine. Hippocrates
When the doctor leaves no chance, there is still a chance to change the doctor. Mikhail Mamchich
Optimistic lies are so necessary in medicine that a doctor who cannot lie sincerely has chosen the wrong profession. George Bernard Shaw
A doctor must have the gaze of a falcon, the hands of a girl, the wisdom of a snake and the heart of a lion. Avicenna
A doctor is nature's assistant. Galen
In life, everyone treats you except doctors. Unknown author
I'm not flying. I am helping a patient get treatment. S. Kolpakov
The patient who made the doctor his heir is unlikely to recover. Thomas Fuller
People speak more openly to a psychiatrist than to a priest, because the doctor will not threaten the underworld. Paulo Coelho
Recognizing a disease by appearance is a spark of God, by listening is an extraordinary skill, by asking questions is dexterity, and by examining the pulse is an art. Pian Chiao
It is not enough to be a doctor, you also need to be able to help. Bertolt Brecht
