‘Did none of us talk about being “healthy” or “diseased” before Hippocrates came along? Or were we merely uttering empty sounds when doing so?’ [9] The fact is that we have a certain preconception of what it means to be ‘healthy’ too, but aren’t able to apply it properly. That is why one person says, ‘Continue with the diet,’ while another says, ‘Give him some food now,’ or one says, ‘Bleed him,’ while another says, ‘Apply a cupping-glass.’ And what is the reason? Is it anything other than the fact that we’re unable to apply our preconceived idea of the ‘healthy’ to particular cases?
