Voltaire — "Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure disea…"
Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.
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Attributed, but exact source is debated. Similar sentiments appear in his letters.
Date: c. 1760s
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