health
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patient in the care of the human frame.”
“Prevention is better than cure.”
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.”
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
“A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ.”
“The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.”
“Use law and physic only for necessity; they that use them otherwise abuse themselves unto weak bodies and light purses.”
“Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.”
“Apprehension, uncertainty, waiting, expectation, fear of surprise, do a patient more harm than any exertion.”
“The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm.”
“Walking is the best possible exercise.”