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[…] the virtues of a medicine depend less upon its intrinsic properties and powers than on the sagacity of the physician who administers it; just as the efficiency of firearms depends less upon the explosives and the missile they contain than on the judgment and accuracy of aim of the man who discharges them.

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We should be very careful to distinguish between our knowledge of phenomena and our interpretations of them.

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Born: October 30, 1813
Died: September 24, 1900 (aged 86)
Bio: Alfred Stillé was an American physician. Born in Philadelphia, he was educated at Yale, being put on probation for participating in the Conic Sections Rebellion, but nonetheless received an A.B.

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