"When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured."

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"When a lot of remedies are suggested for a disease, that means it can't be cured."

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"I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine rather than the disease - a statement in which I am supported by observation."

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