“Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents.”
Desk Reference of Clinical Pharmacology - Page 1 by Manuchair S. Ebadi - Medical - 2008.
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Peter Mere Latham: 16 quotes1 like
Famous Peter Mere Latham Quotes
“We should always presume the disease to be curable, until its own nature prove it otherwise.”
Book I, p. 174.
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“It is no easy task to pick one's way from truth to truth through besetting errors.”
Book II, p. 415.
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“The practice of physic is jostled by quacks on the one side, and by science on the other.”
Book I, p. xxv
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“It would be a great thing to understand pain in all its meanings.”
Book II, p. 474.
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Peter Mere Latham Quotes
“It takes as much time and trouble to pull down a falsehood as to build up a truth.”
Book II, p. 398.
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“Perfect health, like perfect beauty, is a rare thing; and so, it seems, is perfect disease.”
Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians - Page 179 by Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington - Medical - 2000.
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“Faith and knowledge lean largely upon each other in the practice of medicine.”
Book II, p. 408.
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“Beware of language, for it is often a great cheat.”
Book I, p. 138.
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“The diagnosis of disease is often easy, often difficult, and often impossible.”
Book I, p. 173.
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Book I, p. 60.
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