Lethargics are to be laid in the light, and exposed to the rays of the sun for the disease is gloom.
Aretaeus of CappadociaMelancholia is the beginning and a part of mania. The development of a mania is really a worsening of the disease (melancholia) rather than a change into another disease.
Aretaeus of CappadociaWhen he can render no further aid, the physician alone can mourn as a man with his incurable patient. This is the physician's sad lot.
Aretaeus of CappadociaThis is a mighty wonder: in the discharge from the lungs alone, which is not particularly dangerous, the patients do not despair of themselves, even although near the last. Concerning Tuberculosis.
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