Dr. Butler revisited: appreciation and comments
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Dr. Butler revisited: appreciation and comments.
aegrum: "Have burdened the sick man." 442, line 6. The right reading is "Impotencye." 442, line 14. The quotation reads: Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum. Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora. Believe that every day which has shone on you has been your last. Each hour will then come as a pleasure through being unexpected. The source is Horace Epistles 1.4.14, and is appropriate ad...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical History
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0025-7273,2048-8343
DOI: 10.1017/s0025727300033445