...is moft certain, that •tb caiier to preferve health than to recover it, and t» prevent difeafes than to cure them. Towards -the firft, the means are...bear and forbear. But towards the latter, the means A are .- • are perplexed and uncertain ; and for tlic knowledge of them the far greateft part of...

...diseases than to cure them. Towards the first, the means are mostly in our own power ; little else is required than to bear and forbear. But towards the latter the means are perplexing and uncertain. Yet nothing is more common with the short-sighted victims of disease, than...

...prevent diseases than to cure them. Towards the first the means are mostly in our own power ; little else is required than to bear and forbear ; but towards...the latter the means are perplexed and uncertain." It is reported of the Emperor Tiberius that he said it was shameful for any man past threescore to...

...and to prevent diseases than to cure them. Towards the first, the means are mostly in our power . . . But towards the latter, the means are perplexed and uncertain; and for the knowledge of them the far greatest part of mankind must apply to others, of whose skill and honesty they are in a great measure...

...than to cure them. Towards the first, the means are mostly in our own power: little else is necessary than to bear, and forbear. But towards the latter,...uncertain ; and, for the knowledge of them, the far greatest part of mankind must apply to others. The reflection is admitted to be not more common than...