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The art of medicine was to be properly learned only from its practice and its exercise.

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A man is as old as his arteries.

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Lastly, he must remember that he himself hath no exemption from the common lot, but that he is bound by the same laws of mortality, and liable to the same ailments and afflictions with his fellows.

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Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as opium.

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For humble individuals like myself, there is one poor comfort, which is this, viz. that gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple.

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Read Don Quixote; it is a very good book; I still read it frequently.

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The generality have considered that disease is but a confused and disordered effort in Nature, thrown down from her proper state, and defending herself in vain.

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We may ascertain the worth of the human race, since for its sake God's Only-begotten Son became man, and thereby ennobled the nature that he took upon him.

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I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine rather than the disease - a statement in which I am supported by observation.

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I watched what method Nature might take, with intention of subduing the symptom by treading in her footsteps.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Scientist

Born: September 10th, 1624

Died: December 29th, 1689

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