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Physicians, of all men, are most happy: whatever good success
soever they have, the world proclaimeth and what faults read more
Physicians, of all men, are most happy: whatever good success
soever they have, the world proclaimeth and what faults they
commit, the earth covereth.
God who sends the wound sends the medicine.
[Sp., Dios que da la llaga, da la medicina.]
God who sends the wound sends the medicine.
[Sp., Dios que da la llaga, da la medicina.]
A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.
[Lat., Medicus nihil aliud est quam animi consolatio.]
A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.
[Lat., Medicus nihil aliud est quam animi consolatio.]
Trust not the physician;
His antidotes are poison, and he slays
More than you rob.
Trust not the physician;
His antidotes are poison, and he slays
More than you rob.
And in requital ope his leathern scrip,
And show me simples of a thousand names,
Telling their read more
And in requital ope his leathern scrip,
And show me simples of a thousand names,
Telling their strange and vigorous faculties.
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.]
Medicine makes people ill, mathematics makes them sad, and theology makes them sinful
Medicine makes people ill, mathematics makes them sad, and theology makes them sinful
The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
How the Doctor's brow should smile,
Crown'd with wreaths of camomile.
How the Doctor's brow should smile,
Crown'd with wreaths of camomile.
