The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.

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.

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

Disease is not something personal and special, but only a manifestation of life under modified conditions, operating according to the same laws as apply to the living body at all times, from the first moment until death.

There can be no scientific dispute with respect to faith, for science and faith exclude one another.

Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.

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