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Peter Mere Latham
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“The practice of physic is jostled by quacks on the one side, and by science on the other.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is nothing so captivating as new knowledge.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Truth in all its kinds is most difficult to win; and truth in medicine is the most difficult of all.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Beware of language, for it is often a great cheat.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The diagnosis of disease is often easy, often difficult, and often impossible.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We should always presume the disease to be curable, until its own nature prove it otherwise.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use, be it great or be it small!”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Common sense is in medicine the master workman.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It takes as much time and trouble to pull down a falsehood as to build up a truth.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Faith and knowledge lean largely upon each other in the practice of medicine.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is no easy task to pick one's way from truth to truth through besetting errors.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It would be a great thing to understand pain in all its meanings.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the great mystery of life itself which is at the bottom of all the mysterious language we are obliged to employ concerning it.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People in general have no notion of the sort and amount of evidence often needed to prove the simplest matter of fact.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Desk Reference of Clinical Pharmacology - Page 1 by Manuchair S. Ebadi - Medical - 2008.
“Perfect health, like perfect beauty, is a rare thing; and so, it seems, is perfect disease.”
Peter Mere Latham (1789–1875) said by 1875 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Infertility Counseling: A Comprehensive Handbook for Clinicians - Page 179 by Linda Hammer Burns, Sharon N. Covington - Medical - 2000.