"Conclusions which are merely verbal cannot bear fruit, only those do which are based on demonstrated fact. For affirmation and talk are deceptive and treacherous. Wherefore one must hold fast to facts…"

"Disease is not an entity, but a fluctuating condition of the patient's body, a battle between the substance of the disease and the natural self-healing tendency of the body."

"For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restrict them to the knife or fire."

"The way to health is to have a good digestion, a good appetite, and a good sleep."

"Those diseases which medicines do not cure, iron cures; those which iron does not cure, fire cures; and those which fire does not cure, are to be reckoned wholly incurable."