Dissections daily convince us of our ignorance of disease, and cause us to blush at our prescriptions. What … - Benjamin Rush

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I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations.

Benjamin Rush

Dissections daily convince us of our ignorance of disease, and cause us to blush at our prescriptions. What mischief have we done under the belief of false facts and false theories! We have assisted in multiplying diseases; we have done more; we have increased their mortality. . . . I am pursuing Truth, and am indifferent whither I am led, if she is my only leader.

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