Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Aretaeus of Cappadocia

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Greek physician Aretaeus of Cappadocia.

Last updated on November 21, 2024.

Aretaeus is one of the most celebrated of the ancient Greek physicians. Little is known of his life. He presumably was a native or at least a citizen of Cappadocia, a Roman province in Asia Minor, and most likely lived in the second half of the second century AD. He is generally styled "the Cappadocian" (Καππάδοξ).

Greek - Physician

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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.

Aretaeus of Cappadocia

Lethargics are to be laid in the light, and exposed to the rays of the sun for the disease is gloom.

Aretaeus of Cappadocia

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

Melancholia is the beginning and a part of mania. The development of a mania is really a worsening of the disease (melancholia) rather than a change into another disease.

Aretaeus of Cappadocia

A period of lewdness and shamelessness exists with the highest type of manic delirium.

Aretaeus of Cappadocia