John Abernethy
John Abernethy
bound care devils hospital poor private
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.
cure earn indolent luxurious question
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.
attainment medical nor path pursue short
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.
bowels cut fair girdle home nature squeezed thirty underneath yards
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.