Disease is nothing else but an attempt on the part of the body to rid itself of morbific matter. Thomas Sydenham More Quotes by Thomas Sydenham More Quotes From Thomas Sydenham The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than of twenty asses laden with drugs. Thomas Sydenham good clown influence health For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Thomas Sydenham myself simple wise men I watched what method Nature might take, with intention of subduing the symptom by treading in her footsteps. Thomas Sydenham her footsteps intention nature
