"Leeches should be kept a day before applying them. They should be squeezed to make them eject the contents of their stomachs."

"The best way to keep the body healthy is to keep the mind healthy."

"The different sorts of madness are innumerable."

"Medicine considers the human body as to the means by which it is cured and by which it is driven away from health."

"The physician must be a man of courage, for courage is necessary in the face of death."