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The practice of physic is jostled by quacks on the one side, and by science on the other.
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There is nothing so captivating as new knowledge.
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Truth in all its kinds is most difficult to win; and truth in medicine is the most difficult of all.
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Beware of language, for it is often a great cheat.
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The diagnosis of disease is often easy, often difficult, and often impossible.
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We should always presume the disease to be curable, until its own nature prove it otherwise.
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Common sense is in medicine the master workman.
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It takes as much time and trouble to pull down a falsehood as to build up a truth.
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Faith and knowledge lean largely upon each other in the practice of medicine.
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It is no easy task to pick one's way from truth to truth through besetting errors.
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It would be a great thing to understand pain in all its meanings.
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Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents.
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Perfect health, like perfect beauty, is a rare thing; and so, it seems, is perfect disease.
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