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Quotation from The Canon of Medicine, Book I by Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
“When you do not know the nature of a malady, leave it to Nature ; do not strive to hasten matters.”
The Canon of Medicine, Book I, Part 4, para. 920, trans. O. Cameron Gruner (1930)
One of the general rules of treatment: either nature will cure or the disease will declare itself.
Citation: "When you do not know the nature of a malady, leave it to Nature ; do not strive to hasten matters." — Ibn Sina (Avicenna), The Canon of Medicine, Book I, Part 4, para. 920, trans. O. Cameron Gruner (1930). (id avicenna-canon-of-medicine-book-i-q6)
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