Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise, so also we would not require the medical art for relief if we were immune to disease, as was the case, by God's gift, at the time of Creation before the Fall.
Copy QuoteThe art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
Copy Quote View & ShareIllness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promise only; pain we obey.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn the name of Hypocrites, doctors have invented the most exquisite form of torture ever known to man: survival.
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