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# John Gorrie

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John B. Gorrie was a Saint Kitts and Nevis born American medical doctor and scientist, credited as the inventor of mechanical refrigeration.

##  Quotes by John Gorrie

> [The wonderful structure of the animal system will probably never permit us to look upon it as a merely physical apparatus, yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gorrie/the-wonderful-structure-of-the-animal-system-will-probably-never/)

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> [Physiology is the basis of all medical improvement and in precise proportion as our survey of it becomes more accurate and extended,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gorrie/physiology-is-the-basis-of-all-medical-improvement-and-in-precise/)

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> [From the physician, as emphatically the student of Nature, is expected not only an inquiry into cause, but an investigation of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gorrie/from-the-physician-as-emphatically-the-student-of-nature-is-expected/)

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