4 Quotes by Aretaeus of Cappadocia

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

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

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.

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.