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Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am bound to take care of.

Source: In Memoirs of John Abernethy, Ch. 5 by George Macilwain.
-- 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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