Let the young know they will never find a more interesting, more instructive book than the patient himself.

- Giorgio Baglivi

The two fulcra of medicine are reason and observation. Observation is the clue to guide the physician in his thinking.

- Giorgio Baglivi

The doctor is the servant and the interpreter of nature. Whatever he thinks or does, if he follows not in nature's footsteps he will never be able to…

- Giorgio Baglivi

The origin and the causes of disease are far too recondite for the human mind to unravel them.

- Giorgio Baglivi