An Ignorant Doctor Is The Aide-de-camp Of

The More Brilliant The Lightning, The Quicker It Disappears.

The Theory Of Medicine, Therefore, Presents What Is Useful In Thought, But Does Not Indicate How It Is To Be Applied In Practice-the Mode Of Operation Of These Principles. The Theory, When Mastered, Gives Us A Certain Kind Of Knowledge. Thus We Say, For Example, There Are Three Forms Of Fevers And Nine Constitutions. The Practice Of Medicine Is Not The Work Which The Physician Carries Out, But Is That Branch Of Medical Knowledge Which, When Acquired, Enables One To Form An Opinion Upon Which To Base The Proper Plan Of Treatment.

I [prefer] A Short Life With Width To A Narrow One With Length.

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

As To The Mental Essence, We Find It In Infants Devoid Of Every Mental Form.