Cura te ipsum

Cura te ipsum ("Take care of your own self!") is a Latin injunction, urging physicians to care for and heal themselves first, before dealing with patients.

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Cura te ipsum was made famous in the Latin translation of the Bible, the Vulgate. The proverb was ascribed to Jesus, recorded in the Gospel of Luke chapter 4:23. Luke the Evangelist was himself a physician.

See also

• List of Latin phrases