Doctors are men who prescribe medicine of which they know little, to human beings of whom they know less, to cure diseases of which they know nothing. (Voltaire)

Doctors are men who prescribe medicine of which they know little, to human beings of whom they know less, to cure diseases of which they know nothing.

Voltaire

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