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And it has been sarcastically said, that there is a wide difference between a good physician and a bad one, but a small difference between a good physician and no physician at all; by which it is meant to insinuate, that the mischievous officiousness of art does commonly more than counterbalance any benefit derivable from it.
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Born:
August 29, 1749
Died:
June 26, 1834
(aged 84)
Bio:
Sir Gilbert Blane of Blanefield, 1st Baronet was a Scottish physician who instituted health reform in the Royal Navy.
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