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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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Learn from the beasts the physic of the field.

Learn from the beasts the physic of the field.

by Alexander Pope Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at
those who, after thirty years of read more

He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at
those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what
was good or bad for their bodies.

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So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill,
And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill.

So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill,
And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill.

by John Dryden Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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But in this point
All his tricks founder and he brings his physic
After his patient's death: read more

But in this point
All his tricks founder and he brings his physic
After his patient's death: the king already
Hath married the fair lady.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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Adrian, the Emperor, exclaimed incessantly, when dying, "That the
crowd of physicians had killed him."

Adrian, the Emperor, exclaimed incessantly, when dying, "That the
crowd of physicians had killed him."

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Use three Physicians,
Still-first Dr. Quiet,
Next Dr. Merry-man
And Dr. Dyet.

Use three Physicians,
Still-first Dr. Quiet,
Next Dr. Merry-man
And Dr. Dyet.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

by Walter Cronkite Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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The rich Physician, honor'd Lawyers ride,
Whilst the poor Scholar foots it by their side.
[Lat., Dat read more

The rich Physician, honor'd Lawyers ride,
Whilst the poor Scholar foots it by their side.
[Lat., Dat Galenus opes, dat Justinianus honores,
Sed genus species cogitur ire pedes.]

by Robert Burton Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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