H. L. Mencken Quote

One of the chief objects of medicine is to save us from the natural consequences of our vices and follies. The moment it becomes moral it becomes quackery. A scientific physician should have no opinion about the ethical standards and deserts of his patient.


Minority Report: H.L. Mencken's Notebooks, Number 7 (p. 7), Alfred A. Knopf. 1956


One of the chief objects of medicine is to save us from the natural consequences of our vices and follies. The moment it becomes moral it becomes...

One of the chief objects of medicine is to save us from the natural consequences of our vices and follies. The moment it becomes moral it becomes...

One of the chief objects of medicine is to save us from the natural consequences of our vices and follies. The moment it becomes moral it becomes...

One of the chief objects of medicine is to save us from the natural consequences of our vices and follies. The moment it becomes moral it becomes...