Science Increases Our Power In Proportion As

Art Is 'i'; Science Is 'we'.

We Must Never Make Experiments To Confirm Our Ideas, But Simply To Control Them.

Effects Vary With The Conditions Which Bring Them To Pass, But Laws Do Not Vary. Physiological And Pathological States Are Ruled By The Same Forces; They Differ Only Because Of The Special Conditions Under Which The Vital Laws Manifest Themselves.

Science Does Not Permit Exceptions.

When A Physician Is Called To A Patient, He Should Decide On The Diagnosis, Then The Prognosis, And Then The Treatment. ... Physicians Must Know The Evolution Of The Disease, Its Duration And Gravity In Order To Predict Its Course And Outcome. Here Statistics Intervene To Guide Physicians, By Teaching Them The Proportion Of Mortal Cases, And If Observation Has Also Shown That The Successful And Unsuccessful Cases Can Be Recognized By Certain Signs, Then The Prognosis Is More Certain.