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" The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's. "

Martin H. Fischer

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" A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking. "

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" In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science. "

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" Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them. "

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