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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 165 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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APHRAATES 16 of them who are very lively." " Those who are very See also:fat by natureare more exposed to See also:die suddenly than those who are thin." " Those who eject foaming See also:blood, eject it from the See also:lung." " When two illnesses arrive at the same See also:time, the stronger silences the weaker." The first aphorism, perhaps the best known of all, which serves as a See also:kind of introduction to the See also:book, runs as follows: " See also:Life is See also:short, See also:art is See also:long, opportunity fugitive, experimenting dangerous, reasoning difficult: it is necessary not only to do oneself what is right, but also to be seconded by the patient, by those who attend him, by See also:external circumstances." Another famous collection of aphorisms is that of the school of See also:Salerno in Latin See also:verse, in which Joannes de Meditano, one of the most celebrated doctors of the school of See also:medicine of Salerno, has summed up the precepts of this school. The book was dedicated to a See also:king of See also:England. It is a disputed point as to which king, some authorities dating the publication as at xo66, others assigning a later date. The See also:dedication gives the following excellent See also:advice: Anglorum regi scribit schola tota Salernae. Si vis ineolurnem, si vis to reddere sanum, Curas toile See also:graves: irasci crede profanum; Parce mero: coenato parum ; non sit tibi vanum Surgere'See also:post epulas: somnum fuge meridianum: Ne mictum retine, nec comprime fortiter anum Haec bene si serves,tu longo tempore See also:vives." Another collection of aphorisms, also medical and also in Latin, is that of the Dutchman See also:Hermann See also:Boerhaave, published at See also:Leiden in the See also:year 17o9; it gives a terse See also:summary of the medical knowledge prevailing at the time, and is of See also:great See also:interest to the student of the See also:history of medicine.

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