Excerpt from Science and Key of Life, Vol. 5: Planetary Influences Hippocrates, who lived between three and four cen turies prior to the Christian era, and who has been justly named the father of medicine, declared that a physician cannot safely administer physic if he be un acquainted with astrology; which means simply that in the absence of natural first principles for guidance, the application of remedies, however good they may be, will prove all guesswork. Advanced students in astro philosophy and occult science learn that Nature never contradicts upon one plane what she asserts upon an other plane; therefore, if we follow the cue to medical practice, as given by its father Hippocrates, we may discover the compass which will guide to the path of truth. In the meantime, let no foolish prejudice stand in the way as a stumbling block to an effective medical art. There is no doubt that some errors interblended with the ancient rules of astral science, but this must not warrant the neglect of so sublime a subject by modern scientists, who seem to labor under a prevailing notion that somebody has exploded astrology somewhere, though nobody knows who, where or when. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.