Apprehension, Uncertainty, Waiting, Expectation, Fear Of Surprise,

We Know Nothing Of The Principle Of Health, The Positive Of Which Pathology Is The Negative, Except From Observation And Experience. Nothing But Observation And Experience Will Teach Us The Ways To Maintain Or To Bring Back The State Of Health. It Is Often Thought That Medicine Is The Curative Process. It Is No Such Thing; Medicine Is The Surgery Of Functions As Surgery Proper Is That Of Limbs And Organs.

The Amount Of Relief And Comfort Experienced By The Sick After The Skin Has Been Carefully Washed And Dried, Is One Of The Commonest Observations Made At A Sick Bed.

A Human Being Does Not Cease To Exist At Death. It Is Change, Not Destruction, Which Takes Place.

I Can Expect No Sympathy Or Help From My Family.

Rather, Ten Times, Die In The Surf, Heralding The Way To A New World, Than Stand Idly On The Shore.