John Abernethy Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

6 Famous Quotes by John Abernethy
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“Why, Madam, do you know there are upward of thirty yards of bowels squeezed underneath that girdle of your daughter's? Go home and cut it; let Nature have fair play, and you will have no need of my advice.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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