The Knowledge Of Anything, Since All Things

Width Of Life Is More Important Than Length Of Life.

When You Do Not Know The Nature Of The Malady, Leave It To Nature; Do Not Strive To Hasten Matters. For Either Nature Will Bring About The Cure Or It Will Itself Reveal Clearly What The Malady Really Is.

Medicine Deals With The States Of Health And Disease In The Human Body. It Is A Truism Of Philosophy That A Complete Knowledge Of A Thing Can Only Be Obtained By Elucidating Its Causes And Antecedents, Provided, Of Course, Such Causes Exist. In Medicine It Is, Therefore, Necessary That Causes Of Both Health And Disease Should Be Determined.

Disease Is An Abnormal State Of The Body Which Primarily And Independently Produces A Disturbance In The Normal Functions Of The Body. It May Be An Abnormality Of Temperament Or Form (structure). Symptom Is A Manifestation Of Some Abnormal State In The Body. It May Be Harmful As A Colic Pain Or Harmless As The Flushing Of Cheeks In Peripneumonia.

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.