Quotes about Epidemics

The selflessness and dedication shown by many Greek doctors can be seen not only in such works as the Epidemics, but also in, for example, Thucydides' account of the plague at Athens (II, 47ff.) — where he notes the high incidence of mortality from the disease among the doctors who attempted to treat it.

Why does he send war and epidemics? What does the heat of this great anger mean? Surely dying times are to make men die to the world.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.