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HEALTH > surgeon > John Abernethy
Why, Madam, do...
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Why, Madam, do you know there are upward of thirty yards of bowels squeezed underneath that girdle of your daughter's? Go home and cut it; let Nature have fair play, and you will have no need of my advice.
Source: In response to a mother who had brought her tightly laced daughter for treatment; in Familiar Medical Quotations, by Maurice B. Strauss, 1968.
-- John Abernethy, (Apr 3 1764-1831), English surgeon; He was a surgeon who was especially celebrated for his eccentric lectures and manners.