Miscellaneous

Pray, Mr. Abernethy, what is a cure for gout?' was the question of an indolent and luxurious citizen. 'Live upon read more

Pray, Mr. Abernethy, what is a cure for gout?' was the question of an indolent and luxurious citizen. 'Live upon sixpence a day - and earn it,' was the cogent reply.

Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am read more

Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am bound to take care of.

There is no short cut, nor ""royal road,"" to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to read more

There is no short cut, nor ""royal road,"" to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to pursue is long, difficult, and unsafe.

We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their nature and read more

We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their nature and dispositions; we must risk, nay even injure, our own health in order to be able to preserve or restore that of others.

There is no short cut, nor "royal road," to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to read more

There is no short cut, nor "royal road," to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to pursue is long, difficult, and unsafe.

We have a number of killed in the action in Nasiriya with the Marines -- I believe that number will read more

We have a number of killed in the action in Nasiriya with the Marines -- I believe that number will remain less than 10 -- and a number of wounded,

I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that read more

I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that will probably take place in January -- but it is our belief that those troops will be Iraqi troops and there may be additional international troops that arrive to help out, as well as part of the U.N. mission. So I don't see need for more American troops, but we can't discount it.

a classical guerrilla-type campaign.

a classical guerrilla-type campaign.

I believe, with the addition of those additional Iraqi forces, with the gelling of the Iraqi chain of command, with read more

I believe, with the addition of those additional Iraqi forces, with the gelling of the Iraqi chain of command, with good leadership by Prime Minister Allawi and his ministers, that the elections will be able to be held,

You're just sort of searching for this "thing" and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is read more

You're just sort of searching for this "thing" and sometimes you get it and sometimes you don't. All music is imperfect, but in jazz since you're improvising, at least the way I play, I'm trying to follow my train of thought in a solo.