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Aretaeus of Cappadocia
(0120 - 0180)
Greek physician.
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Science Quotes by Aretaeus of Cappadocia (3 quotes)
In diabetes the thirst is greater for the fluid dries the body ... For the thirst there is need of a powerful remedy, for in kind it is the greatest of all sufferings, and when a fluid is drunk, it stimulates the discharge of urine.
— Aretaeus of Cappadocia
Therapeutics of chronic diseases II, Ch. II, 485-6.
This is a mighty wonder: in the discharge from the lungs alone, which is not particularly dangerous, the patients do not despair of themselves, even although near the last.
Concerning Tuberculosis.
Concerning Tuberculosis.
— Aretaeus of Cappadocia
On the Causes and Symptoms of Acute Diseases, II, ii,18.
When he can render no further aid, the physician alone can mourn as a man with his incurable patient. This is the physician's sad lot.
— Aretaeus of Cappadocia
Attributed
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
