Books of physic, those monuments of the frailty of human nature, and the power of art; which fill us with terror even in treating of the slightest disorders, they bring death so near our view, but which renders us equally secure when they treat of the virtues of remedies, as if they could confer immortality upon us.
medizina liburuak, naturaren ahulezia eta artearen boterea adierazten dutenak, eritasunik arinenarekin ere izuarazten gaituztenak, heriotza hain hurbil aurkezten digutenez, baina segurantza osoa ematen digutenak erremedioen bertuteez mintzo zaizkigunean, hilezkor bilakatu bagina bezala.