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    I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes.

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Better to hunt in fields for health unbought,
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.
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Better to hunt in fields for health unbought,
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.
The wise for cure on exercise depend;
God never made his work for man to mend.

by John Dryden Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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Who shall decide when doctors disagree,
And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

Who shall decide when doctors disagree,
And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

by Alexander Pope Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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Desperate maladies require desperate remedies.

Desperate maladies require desperate remedies.

by French Proverb Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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'Tis not amiss, ere ye're giv'n o'er,
To try one desp'rate med'cine more;
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'Tis not amiss, ere ye're giv'n o'er,
To try one desp'rate med'cine more;
For where your case can be no worse,
The desp'rat'st is the wisest course.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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This is the way that physicians mend or end us,
Secundum artem: but although we sneer
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This is the way that physicians mend or end us,
Secundum artem: but although we sneer
In health--when ill, we call them to attend us,
Without the least propensity to jeer.

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Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.

Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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There is no medicine to cure hatred

There is no medicine to cure hatred

by African Proverb Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills,
And I must minister the like to you.

When I was sick, you gave me bitter pills,
And I must minister the like to you.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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