Illness

"Racism is not something that is designated as an illness that can be treated by mental health professionals."

"The best of remedies is a beefsteak Against sea-sickness; try it, sir, before You sneer, and I assure you this is true, For I have found it answer—so may you."

"For we are not all equally afflicted with the same disease or all in need of the same severe cure. This is the reason why we see different persons disciplined with different crosses. The heavenly Physician takes care of the well-being of all his patients; he gives some a milder medicine and purifies others by more shocking treatments, but he omits no one; for the whole world, without exception, is ill (Deut 32:15)."

"Plato was aware that divination is something inferior that pertains to the non-rational soul. The main point is that they [clairvoyants] name their illnesses, especially chronic nervous disorders that are not yet fully developed. Also, rheumatism, toothaches, yield to magnetism. Remarkably, it seems to have an effect on the maladies of menstruation. The somnambulists especially know how to specify these disorders and it is easy to admit that they discover deficiencies. They describe these conditions, but in an entirely ordinary manner, not in the manner of one who understands anatomy. Then they indicate the remedy for their disease."

"He was despised and was avoided by men,"

"Tenemos que ser muy conscientes de que debajo de cada enfermedad hay una prohibición. Una prohibición que viene de una superstición."

"I am not sick. I am broken. But I am happy to be alive as long as I can paint."

"I remember the first time I was sick. I had gone to play with a boy, Luis Léon, and on the patio he threw a wooden log at my foot, and this was the pretext they used at home when my leg began to grow thin. I remember they said that it was a white tumor or paralysis. I missed a lot of school [Frida spent nine months in bed, and and at seven she wore (polio) booties]. I do not remember a lot, but I continued jumping, only not with the right leg anymore. I developed a horrible complex, and I hide my leg. I wore thick wool socks onto the knee, with bandages underneath. This happened when I was seven years old, and my papa and my mama begun to spoil me a lot and to love me more. The foot leaned to the side, and I limped a little. This was during the period when I had my imaginary friend. (9 September 1950)"

"I have sat with countless patients and families to discuss grim : It’s one of the most important jobs physicians have. ... My standard pieces include ... “illness can drive a family apart or bring it together — be aware of each other’s needs and find extra support.”"

"A malady Preys on my heart that med'cine cannot reach."

"There is an epidemic and he needs a reason for it. [...] That it is pointless, contingent, preposterous, and tragic will not satisfy him. That is is a proliferating virus will not satisfy him."

"Take you up when you feeling down When you're sick he will come around Takes his cures from out the ground He's the one who can hypnotize And you'll never believe your eyes He can cause the dead to rise."

"This sickness doth infect The very life-blood of our enterprise."

"He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake; 'tis true, this god did shake: His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre."

"What, is Brutus sick, And will he steal out of his wholesome bed, To dare the vile contagion of the night?"

"My long sickness Of health and living now begins to mend, And nothing brings me all things."

"So long as men denounce each other as mentally sick (homosexual, addicted, insane, and so forth)—so that the madman can always be considered the Other, never the Self—mental illness will remain an easily exploitable concept, and Coercive Psychiatry a flourishing institution."

"I've known my lady (for she loves a tune) For fevers take an opera in June: And, though perhaps you'll think the practice bold, A midnight park is sov'reign for a cold."

"But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed."

"Sickness is a belief, to be annihilated by the divine Mind."

"Prevention is better than cure."

"I've that within for which there are no plasters."

"Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold."

"The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint."

"An' I thowt 'twur the will o' the Lord, but Miss Annie she said it wur draäins, For she bedn't naw coomfut in 'er, an' arn'd naw thanks fur 'er paäins."

"Sairaus on ystävyylen puntari. (Kangasala, Tavastia) (KSJ)"