The Art Of Healing Is

I Anticipate The Day When To Command Respect In The Remotest Regions It Will Be Sufficient To Say I Am An American.

'tis Done. We Have Become A Nation.

...this Large And Expensive Stock Of Drugs Will Be Unnecessary. By...doses Of...medicines...multiplying...combining Them Properly, 20 To 30 Articles, Aided By The Common Resources Of The Lancet, A Garden, A Kitchen, Fresh Air, Cool Water, Exercise, Will Be Sufficient To Cure All The Diseases That Are At Present Under The Power Of Medicine.

Were I Disposed To Consider The Comparative Merit Of Each Of Them [facts Or Theories In Medical Practice], I Should Derive Most Of The Evils Of Medicine From Supposed Facts, And Ascribe All The Remedies Which Have Been Uniformly And Extensively Useful, To Such Theories As Are True. Facts Are Combined And Rendered Useful Only By Means Of Theories, And The More Disposed Men Are To Reason, The More Minute And Extensive They Become In Their Observations

Patriotism Is As Much A Virtue As Justice, And Is As Necessary For The Support Of Societies As Natural Affection Is For The Support Of Families.