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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.

Paracelsus

Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
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Attack Body Fight Health Himself Nature Sick
The art of medicine has its roots in the heart.
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Art Health Medicine Root
Be not another, if you can be yourself.
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Be Yourself Original
This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and chemist of the medicine.
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Alchemy Chemist Doctor Medicine Office
Nothing is hidden so much that it wouldn’t be revealed through its fruit.
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Hide Result Reveal
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.
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Acceptance Dreams Greatness True
Medicine rests upon four pillars – philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
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Ethics Medicine Philosophy Pillar
The highest degree of a medicine is Love.
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Degree Love Medicine One Liner
What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?
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Benefit Cure Discover Remedy
As you talk, so is your heart.
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Character Heart One Liner Talk
Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just as reason is a great public folly.
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Experience Greatness Human Magic Power Reason
Know that the philosopher has power over the stars, and not the stars over him.
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Himself Philosophy Power Stars
Since nothing is so secret or hidden that it cannot be revealed, everything depends on the discovery of those things that manifest the hidden.
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Hide Manifestation Reveal Secret
Every physician must be rich in knowledge, and not only of that which is written in books; his patients should be his book, they will never mislead him.
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Book Himself Knowledge Patient Rich Writing
Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.
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Case Doubt Feeling Guide Known Life
The book of Nature is that which the physician must read; and to do so he must walk over the leaves.
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Leave Nature Reading Walk

This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.

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