The medical men proposed bleeding, but he refused, observing, "Have you no other remedy than bleeding?-there are many more die of the lancet than the lance.”. (Lord Byron)

The medical men proposed bleeding, but he refused, observing, "Have you no other remedy than bleeding?-there are many more die of the lancet than the lance.”.

Lord Byron

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