Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland Quotes & Sayings

My opinion is, that more harm than good is done by physicians; and I am convinced, that, had I left my patients to nature, instead of prescribing drugs, more would have been saved. — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

Laughter is a most healthful exercise; it is one of the greatest helps to digestion with which I am acquainted; and the custom prevalent among our forefathers, of exciting it at table by jesters and buffoons, was in accordance with true medical principles. — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

The more a man follows nature, and is obedient to her laws, the longer he will live; the farther he deviates from these, the shorter will be his existence. — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

If a physician presumes to take into consideration in his work whether life has value or not, the consequences are boundless and the physician becomes the most dangerous man in the state. — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

Laughter is the most healthful exertion. — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland

Laughter is a most healthful exertion; it is one of the greatest helps to digestion with which I am acquainted. — Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland