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“The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated.”
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“Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity. ”
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“In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen.”
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“The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison.”
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“Seeing modern health care from the other side, I can say that it is clearly not set up for the patient. It is frequently a poor arrangement for doctors as well, but that does not mitigate how little the system accounts for the patient's best interest. Just when you are at your weakest and least able to make all the phone calls, traverse the maze of insurance, and plead for health-care referrals is that one time when you have to your life may depend on it.”
― The Lassa Ward: One Man's Fight Against One of the World's Deadliest Diseases
― The Lassa Ward: One Man's Fight Against One of the World's Deadliest Diseases
Becky’s 2025 Year in Books
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