...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,...

...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...

...art. When Sir Richard Blackmore afked what books he Ihould read on his profcffionf he he replied, " Read Don Quixote ; it is a very '* good book — I read it ftill." There might be many reafons given for this advice : at that time, perhaps, the art of medicine...

...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 book — I read it ftill." There might be many reafons given for this advice : at that time, perhaps, the art of medicine...

...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 book — I read it ftill." There might be many reafons given for this advice: at that time, perhaps, the art of medicine...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...Sir Richard Blakemore's inquiry 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.' " Sydenham, who was a martyr to the gout, died at his house in tall Mall, on the 29th of December,...

...eminent physician what were the best works to be put in the hands of a medical student, replied : " Read Don Quixote ; it is a very good book; I read it still;" such was his contempt for the writings of his predecessors and contemporaries. Notwithstanding...