Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.

Quote by Thomas Sydenham

Topics: Opium Quotes, Pai Quotes, Providence Quotes, Suffering Quotes

For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that...

For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that...

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve...

Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve...

I watched what method Nature might take, with intention of subduing the symptom by treading...

I watched what method Nature might take, with intention of subduing the symptom by treading...

Read Don Quixote; it is a very good book; I still read it frequently.

Read Don Quixote; it is a very good book; I still read it frequently.

The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of...

The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of...

A man is as old as his arteries.

A man is as old as his arteries.

It is my nature to thin where others read.

It is my nature to thin where others read.

The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its...

The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its...

The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature,...

The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature,...

Nothing in medicine is so insignificant as to merit attention.

Nothing in medicine is so insignificant as to merit attention.

I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died...

I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died...

Lastly, he must remember that he himself hath no exemption from the common lot, but...

Lastly, he must remember that he himself hath no exemption from the common lot, but...

In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied...

In writing the history of a disease, every philosophical hypothesis whatsoever, that has previously occupied...

We may ascertain the worth of the human race, since for its sake God's Only-begotten...

We may ascertain the worth of the human race, since for its sake God's Only-begotten...

Gout produces calculus in the kidney... the patient has frequently to entertain the painful speculation...

Gout produces calculus in the kidney... the patient has frequently to entertain the painful speculation...