Jacob Bigelow Quote

The death of medical men is an occurrence which eminently demands our attention, for it speaks to us of our science, and of ourselves. It reminds us, that we, in turn, are to become victims of the incompetency of our own art.

Nature in Disease, Illustrated in Various Discourses and Essays, On Self-limited Diseases (p. 1), Ticknor & Fields. 1854