We should always presume the disease to be curable until its own nature proves it otherwise.
—Peter Mere Latham, c. 1845Quotes
Men take diseases, one of another. Therefore let men take heed of their company.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600He who dies of epidemic disease is a martyr.
—Muhammad, c. 630Diseases are not immutable entities but dynamic social constructions that have biographies of their own.
—Robert P. Hudson, 1983Health care delivery is one of the tragedies still in America.
—Jewel Plummer Cobb, 1989If we wait for a pandemic to appear, it will be too late to prepare.
—George W. Bush, 2005Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
—Samuel Johnson, 1750What timid man does not avoid contact with the sick, fearing lest he contract a disease so near?
—Ovid, c. 10Plagues are as certain as death and taxes.
—Richard Krause, 1982It is strange indeed that the more we learn about how to build health, the less healthy Americans become.
—Adelle Davis, 1951If they prescribe a lot of remedies for some sickness or other, it means that the sickness is incurable.
—Anton Chekhov, 1904The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.
—Marianne Moore, 1935Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.
—Bian Qiao, c. 500 BC