Cases Quote by Henry E. Sigerist

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes

— Samuel Johnson

Disease may be defined as "A change produced in living things in consequence of which they are no longer in harmony with their environment."

— William Thomas Councilman

Disease is the abnormal performance of certain functions; the abnormal activity has its causes.

— Daniel D. Palmer

Disease is not something personal and special, but only a manifestation of life under modified conditions, operating according to the same laws as apply…

— Rudolf Virchow

Disease is a vital expression of the human organism.

— Georg Groddeck

Left to their own devices, epidemic diseases tend to follow the same basic process: A virus or bacteria infects a host, who typically becomes…

— Alan Huffman

Disease is a disturbed condition, not a thing or entity.

— Daniel D. Palmer

“Disease is not simply a manifestation of some physical process unique to the individual, but it reflects their particular lives, environment and culture.”

— Gabor Maté

A disease is never a mere loss or excess. There is always a reaction on the part of the organism or individual to restore,…

— Oliver Sacks

Disease is an experience of a so-called mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body.

— Mary Baker Eddy

“Disease doesn’t exist. Instead of thinking of it as a disease – I’d like for you to think of it for a moment as…

— Wayne W. Dyer

“As a special branch of general philosophy, pathogenesis had never been explored. In my opinion it had never been approached in a strictly scientific…

— Blaise Cendrars