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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 read more 
 '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. 
 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? 
I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would read more
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.
 A single doctor likes a sculler plies,
 And all his art and all his physic tries;
  But read more 
 A single doctor likes a sculler plies,
 And all his art and all his physic tries;
  But two physicians, like a pair of oars,
   Conduct you soonest to the Stygian shores. 
If we practiced medicine like we practice education, we'd look for the liver on the right side and left side read more
If we practiced medicine like we practice education, we'd look for the liver on the right side and left side in alternate years.
 I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk 
to the bottom of the sea, it read more 
 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. 
For of the most High cometh healing.
For of the most High cometh healing.
 Better to hunt in fields for health unbought,
 Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.
  The read more 
 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. 
 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.