Aretaeus of Cappadocia

"In diabetes the thirst is greater for the fluid dries the body ... For the thirst there is need of a powerful remedy, for in kind it is the greatest of all sufferings, and when a fluid is drunk, it stimulates the discharge of urine."

—Aretaeus of Cappadocia (c. 120-180)

"Melancholia is the beginning and a part of mania. The development of a mania is really a worsening of the disease (melancholia) rather than a change into another disease."

—Aretaeus of Cappadocia (c. 120-180)

"Lethargics are to be laid in the light, and exposed to the rays of the sun for the disease is gloom."

—Aretaeus of Cappadocia (c. 120-180)

"A period of lewdness and shamelessness exists with the highest type of manic delirium."

—Aretaeus of Cappadocia (c. 120-180)

"This is a mighty wonder: in the discharge from the lungs alone, which is not particularly dangerous, the patients do not despair of themselves, even although near the last. Concerning Tuberculosis."

—Aretaeus of Cappadocia (c. 120-180)