He rejected the notion that disease was a punishment from a deity, arguing that it had a natural cause. Epilepsy, for example, had long been called a sacred disease because of the belief that it was curable only by the gods.
მაგალითად, ეპილეფსიას დიდხანს უწოდებდნენ რელიგიურ ავადმყოფობას, რადგან სწამდათ, რომ მხოლოდ ღვთაებებს შეეძლოთ მისი განკურნება.