The moral aspects of medical life / consisting of the Akesios of K.F.H. Marx ; translated from the German, with biographical notices and illustrative remarks, by James Mackness.
- Karl Friedrich Heinrich Marx
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The moral aspects of medical life / consisting of the Akesios of K.F.H. Marx ; translated from the German, with biographical notices and illustrative remarks, by James Mackness. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![3G nitana, than of the works most specially devoted to the art of healing. ‘‘There are two things which I attribute to you, and which conspire to awaken confidence in your character and judgment: the one is your decided aversion to all personal strife,* the other your well-grounded recommen- dation of water-drinking.f The accidental remark that abstinence tends to produce serenity of mind, is one that I can heartily subscribe to.;]; “ Should I ever take upon me to publish my sentiments on dietetics, my rules for the promotion of happiness will be based on a few propositions; tending to manifest that health is a virtue, cheerfulness a duty. I would show that one cannot be too deeply impressed with the feeling of aversion to sickness, for a sickness which is incurable is not only a clog, but a lie against our destined lot. The valere aude I would put forth as the general salutation. “ Be not uneasy, revered doctor, lest I should require too * Account, p. 9.—“ I heartily condemn and detest all personal reflections, all malicious and unmannerly turns, and all false and unjust representations, as unbecoming gentlemen, scholars, and Chris- tians ; and disprove and undo both performances, as far as in me lies, in everytliing that does not strictly and barely relate to the argument.” t Ibid, p. 21.—“ I firmly believe, and as much convinced as I am of any natural effect, that water-drinking only will preserve all the opulent healthy from every mortal distemper; and that a diet of milk and seeds, with water-drinking only, duly continued, and prudently managed, with proper evacuation, air, and exercise, is the most infallible antidote for all the obstinate diseases of the body, and distemperatures of the mind so far as it depends on the body, the present state of things will permit; and that it will cure every disorder in the body, curable, and render the distemperature of the mind more tractable; and that, in all events, it will make both more tolerable than they can possibly be otherwise.” t Account, p. 50.—“ Their seasons of abstinence is one reason of the cheerfulness or serenity of some Roman Catholic and southern countries.”](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22316188_0052.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
