...writings Jh phyfic, " when one day I afked him what books I fhould rtad to " qualify me for practice, he replied, Read don Quixote, " it is a very good book, I read it ftill : fo low an opinion " had this celebrated man of the learning collected out of ** the authors, his...

...writings in phyfic, when one day I aiked him • ' what books 1 mould read to qualify me for praftice, he ' replied, Read ' Don Quixote,' it is a very good book, ' I read it Hill : fo low an opinion had this celebrated man 1 of the learning collected out of the authors, his...

...books he fhould read on his profeffion, he replied, " Read Don Quixote; " it is a very good book — 1 read it ftill." There might be many reafons given...prefent. He, perhaps, difcovered that Sir Richard had as little genius for medicine as he . . M 2 had had for poetry ; and he very well knew, that in a profeffion...

...very complicated art. When Sir Richard Blackmore aiked what books he ihould read on his profeflion, he replied, " Read Don Quixote ; it is a very good...prefent. He, perhaps, difcovered that Sir Richard had as little geuius for medicine as he had for poetry ; and he very well knew, that in a profefíicu which...

...very complicated art. When Sir Richard Blackmore afked what books he fhould read on his profeflion, he replied, " Read Don Quixote; it is a very " good...time, perhaps, the art of medicine was not approaching fb nearly to a fcience as it is at prefent. He, perhaps, difcovered that Sir Richard had as little...

...requested Sydenham to point out to him what books he should read to qualify him for practice. Sydenham replied, " read Don " Quixote, it is a very good book, I read it " still." This, perhaps, marked his contempt for those medical writings which were merely speculative...

...book) was asked by Sir Richard Blackmore, what works he should read to qualify him for a physician, he replied, " Read Don Quixote ; it is a very good book, I read it still." And another medical, " Star" of the day, we believe, Dr. Radcliffe, being consulted by a friend...

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...Sir Richard Blackmore's enquiry after the best course of study for a medical student to pursue — " Read Don Quixote ; it is a very good book — I read it still." Medical critics have felt it incumbent on themselves to explain away this memorable answer...