I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.

The patient must combat the disease along with the physician.

The function of protecting and developing health must rank even above that of restoring it when it is impaired.

Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for the study; early tuition, love of labor; leisure.

The physician must have at his command a certain ready wit, as dourness is repulsive both to the healthy and the sick.

Each of the substances of a man's diet acts upon his body and changes it in some way and upon these changes his whole life depends.

Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.