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 You behold in me
 Only a travelling Physician;
  One of the few who have a mission
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 You behold in me
 Only a travelling Physician;
  One of the few who have a mission
   To cure incurable diseases,
    Or those that are called so. 
 I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was 
ridiculous, who after sixth years, appealed to read more 
 I have heard that Tiberius used to say that that man was 
ridiculous, who after sixth years, appealed to a physician. 
 A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.
 [Lat., Orandum est, ut sit read more 
 A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.
 [Lat., Orandum est, ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.] 
America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.
America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.
A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.
Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment.
 Take a little rum
 The less you take the better
  Pour it in the lakes
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 Take a little rum
 The less you take the better
  Pour it in the lakes
   Of Wener or of Wetter.
    Dip a spoonful out
     And mind you don't get groggy,
      Pour it in the lake
       Of Winnipissiogie.
        Stir the mixture well
         Lest it prove inferior,
          Then put half a drop
           Into Lake Superior.
            Every other day
             Take a drop in water,
              You'll be better soon
               Or at least you oughter. 
 I do remember an apothecary,
 And hereabouts 'a dwells, which late I noted
  In tatt'red weeds, with read more 
 I do remember an apothecary,
 And hereabouts 'a dwells, which late I noted
  In tatt'red weeds, with overwhelming brows,
   Culling of simples. Meagre were his looks,
    Sharp misery had worn him to the bones;
     And in his needy shop a tortoise hung,
      An alligator stuffed, and other skins
       Of ill-shaped fishes; and about his shelves
        A beggarly account of empty boxes,
         Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds,
          Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses
           Were thinly scattered, to make up a show. 
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.