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vis med·i·ca·trix nat·u·rae
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The ability of the body to heal itself without intervention
Etymology: "The healing power of nature"
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Vis medicatrix naturae
Vis medicatrix naturae (literally "the healing power of nature", and also known as natura medica) is the Latin rendering of the Greek Νόσων φύσεις ἰητροί ("Nature is the physician(s) of diseases"), a phrase attributed to Hippocrates. While the phrase is not actually attested in his corpus, it nevertheless sums up one of the guiding principles of Hippocratic medicine, which is that organisms left alone can often heal themselves (cf. the Hippocratic primum non nocere).
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Vis medicatrix naturae
Vis medicatrix naturae is the Latin translation of the Greek, νονσων φνσεις ιητροι, a phrase attributed to Hippocrates but which he did not actually use. The phrase sums up one of the guiding principles of Hippocratic medicine which is that organisms contain “healing powers of nature”.
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Read the full text of the Vis Medicatrix Naturae poem by Alfred Austin on the Poetry.com website.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vis medicatrix naturae in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vis medicatrix naturae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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