physic (n.)
- acoustics
- aperient
- astrophysics
- balm
- balsam
- biomedicine
- biophysics
- carminative
- cathartic
- cryogenics
- crystallography
- cure
- diuretic
- drops
- drug
- electronics
- elixir
- geophysics
- inhalant
- laxative
- linctus
- mechanics
- medicament
- medication
- medicine
- mixture
- optics
- philosophy
- physics
- powder
- preparation
- proprietary
- psychophysics
- purgative
- purge
- statics
- syrup
- therapy
- thermodynamics
- tisane
For gold in phisike is a cordial;
Therefore he loved gold in special.
Take physic, pomp;
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel.
Doct. Not so sick, my lord,
As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies,
That keep her from her rest.
Macb. Cure her of that.
Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd,
Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,
Raze out the written troubles of the brain,
And with some sweet oblivious antidote
Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart?
Doct. Therein the patient
Must minister to himself.
Macb. Throw physic to the dogs: I 'll none of it.
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man's own observation, what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health.
A physician, after he had felt the pulse of Pausanias, and considered his constitution, saying, "He ails nothing," "It is because, sir," he replied, "I use none of your physic."
