I know not that by living dissections any discovery
has been made by which a single malady is more
easily cured.
The IdlerNo. , August ()
Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is
felt.
The RamblerNo. , September ()
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries
of poverty, sickness, of captivity, would, without
this comfort, be insupportable
The RamblerNo.
The last direction is the principal; with an unquiet
mind, neither exercise, nor diet, nor physick can
be of much use.
Life of Samuel Johnsonby James Boswell.
Visitors are no proper companions in the chamber
of sickness.
Letter to Mrs Henry Thrale, December ()
It is a man’s own fault, it is from want of use, if
his mind grows turgid in old age.
Attributed
Don’t think of retiring from the world until the
world will be sorry that you retire.
Attributed
Peter F. Jones –
Professor of Surgery, Aberdeen, Scotland
It is the nature of emergency surgery that
however clear the diagnosis may appear to be, one
can never be certain of what will be found, or of
the correctness of one’s decisions, or of one’s
ability to cope with the unexpected.
Emergency Abdominal Surgery, Introduction. Chapman &
Hall, London ()
Ben Jonson –
English dramatist
When men a dangerous disease did scape,
Of old, they gave a cock to Aesculape.
Epigrammes
Many funerals discredit a physician.
Attributed
Isaac Judaeus c. ad–
Baghdad physician
(Abu Ya’qub Is-haq Sulayman al-Israeli) Most
illnesses are cured without the physician’s
help through the aid of Nature. If you can cure
the patient by dietary means, do not turn to
drugs.
Attributed
D. G. Julian –
Professor of Medicine, Newcastle, UK
Diseases of the heart and circulation predominate
as causes of morbidity and death in the developed
parts of the world, and are becoming of
increasing importance in developing countries.
Preface to Diseases of the Heart. Ballière Tindall, London
()
C. G. Jung –
Austrian psychoanalyst
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
Attributed
The separation of psychology from the premises of
biology is purely artificial, because the human
psyche lives in indissoluble union with the body.
Factors Determining Human Behaviour
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether
the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
Memories, Dreams, ReflectionsCh.
It is indeed high time for the clergyman and the
psychotherapist to join forces.
Modern Man in Search of a SoulCh. Ernst Jünger –?
German novelist
Evolution is far more important than living.
The RebelCh. (Albert Camus)Juvenal c. AD–
Roman satirist
Your prayer must be for a sound mind in a sound
body (Mens sana in corpore sano).
SatiresXKahun Papyrus BC
Knowledge of a woman whose back aches, and
the inside of her thighs are painful. Say to her, it is
the falling of the womb.
AttributedHarold A. Kaminetzky –
US gynaecologist
There are no really ‘safe’ biologically active drugs.
There are only ‘safe’ physicians.
Obstetrics and Gynecology: ()Immanuel Kant –
German Philosopher
Physicians think they do a lot for a patient when
they give his disease a name.
Attributed
But it is wisdom that has the merit of selecting
from among the innumerable problems which
present themselves, those whose solution is
important to mankind.
AttributedHelen Singer Kaplan
Contemporary US clinical associate professor of psychiatry
Throughout history, until just a few years ago, the
human sexual response was seen monistically, as
a single event that passed from lust to excitement
and was climaxed by orgasm.
Disorders of Sexual Desire. Ballière Tindall, London ()John Keats –
English poet
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,
To cease upon the midnight with no pain.
Ode to NightingaleSt. () ·