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We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their nature and dispositions; we must risk, nay even injure, our own health in order to be able to preserve or restore that of others.

Source: Hunterian Oration, 1819; 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.

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