The More Brilliant The Lightning, The Quicker

The More Brilliant The Lightning, The Quicker It Disappears.

Leeches Should Be Kept A Day Before Applying Them. They Should Be Squeezed To Make Them Eject The Contents Of Their Stomachs.

An Ignorant Doctor Is The Aide-de-camp Of Death.

Those Who Deny The First Principle Should Be Flogged Or Burned Until They Admit That It Is Not The Same Thing To Be Burned And Not Burned, Or Whipped And Not Whipped.

Pain Is A Sensation Produced By Something Contrary To The Course Of Nature And This Sensation Is Set Up By One Of Two Circumstances: Either A Very Sudden Change Of The Temperament (or The Bad Effect Of A Contrary Temperament) Or A Solution Of Continuity.