It is better to be full of drink than full of food.

All diseases begin in the gut.

The brain of man, like that of all animals is double, being parted down its centre by a thin membrane. For this reason pain is not always felt in the same part of the head, but sometimes on one side, sometimes on the other, and occasionally all over.

First of all a natural talent is required; for when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place.

And he will manage the cure best who has foreseen what is to happen from the present state of matters.

Old people have fewer diseases than the young, but their diseases never leave them.

The physician treats, but nature heals.