What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or alleviate them?
ParacelsusEvery body consists of three ingredients. The names of these are Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt.
ParacelsusMedicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.
ParacelsusEvery physician must be rich in knowledge, and not only of that which is written in books; his patients should be his book, they will never mislead him.
ParacelsusThere is an earthly sun, which is the cause of all heat, and all who are able to see may see the sun; and those who are blind and cannot see him may feel his heat. There is an Eternal Sun, which is the source of all wisdom, and those whose spiritual senses have awakened to life will see that sun and be conscious of His existence; but those who have not attained spiritual consciousness may yet feel His power by an inner faculty which is called Intuition.
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