▁art , ▁in ▁contrast ▁to ▁Emp ir ic ists ▁or ▁Dog mat ists . ▁ ▁They ▁assert ed ▁that ▁the ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁the ▁disease ▁be ars ▁no ▁relation ▁to ▁the ▁method ▁of ▁c ure , ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁sufficient ▁to ▁observe ▁some ▁general ▁sympt oms ▁of ▁ill ness es . ▁All ▁a ▁doctor ▁really ▁needs ▁to ▁know ▁is ▁the ▁disease ▁itself , ▁and ▁from ▁that ▁knowledge ▁alone ▁will ▁he ▁know ▁the ▁treatment . ▁To ▁claim ▁that ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁disease ▁alone ▁will ▁provide ▁knowledge ▁of ▁the ▁treatment , ▁the ▁Method ists ▁first ▁claim ▁that ▁dise ases ▁are ▁indic ative ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁treat ments . ▁Just ▁as ▁how ▁hung er ▁leads ▁a ▁person ▁naturally ▁to ▁food ▁and ▁how ▁th irst ▁leads ▁a ▁person ▁naturally ▁to ▁water , ▁so ▁too ▁does ▁the ▁disease ▁naturally ▁indicate ▁the ▁c ure . ▁As ▁Se xt us ▁Emp ir icus ▁points ▁out , ▁when ▁a ▁dog ▁is ▁pr icked ▁by ▁a ▁th orn , ▁it ▁naturally ▁removes ▁the ▁foreign ▁object ▁a iling ▁its ▁body . ▁ ▁The ▁core ▁theory ▁was ▁dis ruption ▁of ▁the ▁normal ▁circul ation ▁of ▁' at oms ' ▁through ▁the ▁body ' s ▁' por es ' ▁caused ▁disease . ▁To ▁c ure ▁a ▁disease ▁it ▁is ▁sufficient ▁to ▁observe ▁some ▁general ▁sympt oms ▁of ▁ill ness es ; ▁and ▁that ▁there ▁are ▁three ▁kinds ▁of ▁dise ases , ▁one ▁bound , ▁another ▁loose ▁( flu ens , ▁a ▁dis order ▁attended ▁with ▁some ▁dis charge ), ▁and ▁the ▁third