Medicine is not only a science; it is also an art. It does not consist of compounding pills and plasters; it deals with the very processes of life, which must be understood before they may be guided.

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The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is...

The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is...

Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many.

Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many.

We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and...

We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and...

For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants...

For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants...

What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered...

What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered...

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of...

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of...

The dose makes the poison.

The dose makes the poison.

Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man,...

That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man,...

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either...

Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either...

Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which...

Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which...

The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly:...

The dreams which reveal the supernatural are promises and messages that God sends us directly:...

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

The interpretation of dreams is a great art.

Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it:...

Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it:...

Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver....

Many have said of Alchemy, that it is for the making of gold and silver....

From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in...

From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in...

Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig...

Nature also forges man, now a gold man, now a silver man, now a fig...

What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy;...

What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy;...

But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more...

But is not He who created it for the sake of the sick body more...

This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and...

This is alchemy, and this is the office of Vulcan; he is the apothecary and...