In acute diseases the physician must conduct his inquiries in the following way. First he must examine the face of the patient, and see whether it is like the faces of healthy people, and especially whether it is like its usual self. Such likeness will be the best sign, and the greatest unlikeness will be the most dangerous sign. The latter will be as follows. Nose sharp, eyes hollow, temples sunken, ears cold and contracted with their lobes turned outwards, the skin about the face hard and tense and parched, the colour of the face as a whole being yellow or black.

Walking is man's best medicine.

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

It's far more important to know what person the disease has than what disease the person has.

When in sickness, look to the spine first.

War is the only proper school of the surgeon.