The Republic, by Plato. Part II.
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The Politics of Esclepia
Euryphulus said that if a man was not able to live in the ordinary way, he had no business to cure him. Such a cure would have been of no use either to himself or to the state. Clearly, and his character is further illustrated by his sons. Note that they were heroes in the days of old and practiced the medicines of which I am speaking at the Siege of Troy. The remedies, as they conceived, were enough to heal any man who before he was wounded was healthy and regular in his habits. And even though he did happen to drink a paucet of primnion wine, he might get well all the same. But they would have nothing to
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