Astley Cooper Quotes
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Nothing is known in our profession by guess; and I do not believe, that from the first dawn of medical science to the present moment,…
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Having made a sufficient opening to admit my finger into the abdomen, I passed it between the intestines to the spine, and felt the aorta…
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In the collecting of evidence upon any medical subject, there are but three sources from which we can hope to obtain it: viz. from observation…
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I have made many mistakes myself; in learning the anatomy of the eye I dare say, I have spoiled a hatfull; the best surgeon, like…
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The means by which I preserve my own health are, temperance, early rising, and spunging the body every morning with cold water, a practice I…
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My lectures were highly esteemed, but I am of opinion my operations rather kept down my practice, than increased it.
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If you are too fond of new remedies, first you will not cure your patients; secondly, you will have no patients to cure.
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