CURE Quote
The cure of diseases does not depend so much on scientific principles as many imagine. It is chiefly the result of experience and observation. By attending the sick, and carefully observing the various occurrences in diseases, a great degree of accuracy may be acquired, both in distinguishing their symptoms, and in the application of medicines. Hence sensi- ble nurses, and other persons, who wait upon the sick, often foresee the patient’s fate sooner than those, who have been bred to physic. We do not, however, mean to insinuate, that a medical education is of no use: it is doubtless of the greatest importance, but it never can supply the place of observation and experience.
— Buchan, William, Domestic medicine. Or, a treatise on the cure and prevention of diseases by regimen and simple medicines. Containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitionersrArchives
Monthly Archives: February 2016
What is Healthicine? What is the theory of Healthicine? What is the philosophy of Healthicine?
What is healthicine? Is it a word? (it’s not in the dictionary). Is it theory? Is it a practice? Philosophers contemplate the difference between theory and reality – and wonder if reality is just another theory. Mathematicians and scientists define everything as … Continue reading
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The Three Cures and their Two Dimensions
Can you name the three basic types of cures?Every illness can be cured. If we are to cure every type of illness, we need to study three categories of cures. Some illnesses need only a single type of cure. Some need two types … Continue reading
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Why Medicine gives up on Cures
Can you see the owl, hiding in the pepper tree? It’s not that hard, once you know what you’re looking for. But if you weren’t looking for an owl, it’s just a tree. Medicine, has given up on cures, given … Continue reading
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Defining Health, to Improve Healthiness
For centuries, medical experts and philosophers have attempted to define health, with little success. We might forgive Hippocrates for describing health “as a delicate balance of four fluids: blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm, with imbalance leading to illness,” or … Continue reading
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Mr President: “America Can’t Cure Cancer”
President Obama, I applaud your initiative to cure cancer. Joe Biden is a very capable person. However, it is not possible for America to cure cancer today. It is much less possible, yes, less than impossible, to cure cancer within the … Continue reading
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