Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale. Medicine, as a social science, as the science of human beings, has the obligation to point out problems and to attempt their theoretical solution: the politician, the practical anthropologist, must find the means for their actual solution. The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and social problems fall to a large extent within their jurisdiction.

As long as vitalism and spiritualism are open questions so long will the gateway of science be open to mysticism.

Between animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.

Medical statistics will be our standard of measurement: we will weigh life for life and see where the dead lie thicker, among the workers or among the privileged.

Medical education does not exist to provide students with a way of making a living, but to ensure the health of the community.

Laws should be made, not against quacks but against superstition.

Body: A cell state in which every cell is a citizen.