An Ignorant Doctor Is The Aide-de-camp Of

Medicine Is The Science By Which We Learn The Various States Of The Human Body In Health And When Not In Health, And The Means By Which Health Is Likely To Be Lost And, When Lost, Is Likely To Be Restored Back To Health. In Other Words, It Is The Art Whereby Health Is Conserved And The Art Whereby It Is Restored After Being Lost. While Some Divide Medicine Into A Theoretical And A Practical [applied] Science, Others May Assume That It Is Only Theoretical Because They See It As A Pure Science. But, In Truth, Every Science Has Both A Theoretical And A Practical Side.

Width Of Life Is More Important Than Length Of Life.

It Is In The Nature Of Water ... To Become Transformed Into Earth Through A Predominating Earthy Virtue; ... It Is In The Nature Of Earth To Become Transformed Into Water Through A Predominating Aqueous Virtue.

But The Fact Is That When Wine Is Taken In Moderation, It Gives Rise To A Large Amount Of Breath, Whose Character Is Balanced, And Whose Luminosity Is Strong And Brilliant. Hence Wine Disposes Greatly To Gladness, And The Person Is Subject To Quite Trivial Exciting Agents. The Breath Now Takes Up The Impression Of Agents Belonging To The Present Time More Easily Than It Does Those Which Relate To The Future; It Responds To Agents Conducive To Delight Rather Than Those Conducive To A Sense Of Beauty.

There Are No Incurable Diseases — Only The Lack Of Will. There Are No Worthless Herbs — Only The Lack Of Knowledge.