There Are No Incurable Diseases

The Different Sorts Of Madness Are Innumerable.

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.

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.

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

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.