It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand read more

It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.

Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of read more

Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.

As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath,
Receives the lurking principle of death,
The younger disease, read more

As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath,
Receives the lurking principle of death,
The younger disease, that must subdue at length,
Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.

The purpose of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to decrease pain and to postpone death... Technology has to support read more

The purpose of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to decrease pain and to postpone death... Technology has to support these goals-if not, it may even be counterproductive.

But just disease to luxury succeeds,
And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.

But just disease to luxury succeeds,
And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds.

When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.

When the Czar has a cold all Russia coughs.

[Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry
them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, read more

[Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry
them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them as
so many anatomies.

I'll forbear;
And am fallen out with my more headier will
To take the indisposed and sickly read more

I'll forbear;
And am fallen out with my more headier will
To take the indisposed and sickly fit
For the sound man.

We classify disease as error, which nothing but Truth or Mind can heal.

We classify disease as error, which nothing but Truth or Mind can heal.