“What I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself holding such things shameful to be spoken about.”

Foolish the doctor who despises the knowledge acquired by the ancients.

Of several remedies, the physician should choose the least sensational.

The forms of diseases are many and the healing of them is manifold.

A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.

All disease begins in the gut.

Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.

Many admire, few know.

Rest as soon as there is pain.

Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.

Nature itself is the best physician.

Health is the greatest of human blessings.

A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.

It is most necessary to know the nature of the spine. One or more vertebrae may or may not go out of place very much and if they do, they are likely to produce serious complications and even death, if not properly adjusted. Many diseases are related to the spine.

There is one common flow, one common breathing, all things are in sympathy.

It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations both in the seasons and in other things. (:)…regimen and temperature, and one period of life to another.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.