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Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.

Rudolf Virchow

Between animal and human medicine, there is no dividing line-nor should there be.
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Animal Division Human Medicine
Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.
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Medicine Scale Social Science
Belief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins.
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Beginning Belief End Leave Science
Body: A cell state in which every cell is a citizen.
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Body Citizenship State
It is the curse of humanity that it learns to tolerate even the most horrible situations by habituation.
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Curse Humanity Learning Situation Tolerance
Imprisoned quacks are always replaced by new ones.
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New Oneself Prison Replacement
As long as vitalism and spiritualism are open questions so long will the gateway of science be open to mysticism.
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Open Question Science Spirituality
The task of science, therefore, is not to attack the objects of faith, but to establish the limits beyond which knowledge cannot go and found a unified self-consciousness within these limits.
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Attack Consciousness Faith Limitation Object Science
Science in itself’ is nothing, for it exists only in the human beings who are its bearers. ‘Science for its own sake’ usually means nothing more than science for the sake of the people who happen to be pursuing it.
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Existence People Pursue Science
Belief cannot be reckoned with in terms of science, for science and faith are mutually exclusive.
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Belief Faith Science
Only those who regard healing as the ultimate goal of their efforts can, therefore, be designated as physicians.
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Doctor Goal Healing Position
The physicians are the natural attorneys of the poor, and the social problems should largely be solved by them.
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Natural Poor Problem Social Solution
Marriages are not normally made to avoid having children.
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Avoid Children Marriage
Medical education does not exist to provide students with a way of making a living, but to ensure the health of the community.
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Community Education Existence Live Medical Way
Brevity in writing is the best insurance for its perusal.
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Best Insurance Writing
Laws should be made, not against quacks but against superstition.
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Law Superstition

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