Disease is an abnormal state of the body which primarily and independently produces a disturbance in the normal functions of the body. It may be an a….

When you do not know the nature of the malady, leave it to nature; do not strive to hasten matters. For either nature will bring about the cure or it….

A horse is simply a horse..

Pain is a sensation produced by something contrary to the course of nature and this sensation is set up by one of two circumstances: either a very su….

In God alone, essence (what He is) and existence (that he is) coincide..

Pure earth does not petrify, because the predominance of dryness over [i.e. in] the earth endows it not with coherence but rather with crumbliness. I….

Medicine is the science by which we learn the various states of the human body in health and when not in health, and the means by which health is lik….

Mountains have been formed by one [or other] of the causes of the formation of stone, most probably from agglutinative clay which slowly dried and pe….

Prayer is that which enables the soul to realize its divinity. Through prayer human beings worship absolute truth, and seek an eternal reward. Prayer….

God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot ….

There are no incurable diseases — only the lack of will. There are no worthless herbs — only the lack of knowledge..

As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form..

The physical signs of measles are nearly the same as those of smallpox, but nausea and inflammation is more severe, though the pains in the back are ….

Width of life is more important than length of life..

Medicine deals with the states of health and disease in the human body. It is a truism of philosophy that a complete knowledge of a thing can only be….

The theory of medicine, therefore, presents what is useful in thought, but does not indicate how it is to be applied in practice-the mode of operatio….

Those who deny the first principle should be flogged or burned until they admit that it is not the same thing to be burned and not burned, or whipped….

The more brilliant the lightning, the quicker it disappears..

Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the study of its causes and beginnings, if it has had causes and beg….

Is it the fault of wine if a fool drinks it and goes stumbling into darkness?.

The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit..