"Truth in all its kinds is most difficult to win; and truth in medicine is the most difficult of all."

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“Faith and knowledge lean largely upon each other in the practice of medicine.”

“It is the great mystery of life itself which is at the bottom of all the mysterious language we are obliged to employ concerning it.”

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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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