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When taken
To be well shaken.
When taken
To be well shaken.
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)
The medicine increases the disease.
[Lat., Aegrescitque medendo.]
The medicine increases the disease.
[Lat., Aegrescitque medendo.]
Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore,
For by his side a pouch he wore,
Replete with strange read more
Learn'd he was in medic'nal lore,
For by his side a pouch he wore,
Replete with strange hermetic powder
That wounds nine miles point-blank would solder.
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
Take physic, pomp;
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
That thou mayst shake the superflux to read more
Take physic, pomp;
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
That thou mayst shake the superflux to them
And show the heavens more just.
Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt,
loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.
Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt,
loyal criticism will have beneficial effects.
In poison there is physic; and these news,
Having been well, that would have made me sick,
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In poison there is physic; and these news,
Having been well, that would have made me sick,
Being sick, have in some measure made me well.
