"Beware of language, for it is often a great cheat."

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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.”

“Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents.”

“We should always presume the disease to be curable, until its own nature prove it otherwise.”

“It takes as much time and trouble to pull down a falsehood as to build up a truth.”

“Common sense is in medicine the master workman.”

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