In diabetes the thirst is greater for the fluid dries the body ... For the thirst there is need of a powerful remedy, for in kind it is the greatest of all sufferings, and when a fluid is drunk, it stimulates the discharge of urine.
Aretaeus of CappadociaA period of lewdness and shamelessness exists with the highest type of manic delirium.
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 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 Cappadocia