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Medicine (n.) cures ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠diseases, but only doctors can cure patients.

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Medicine (n.) that ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠knows the theory and pathology of neurosis has information about an illness but no knowledge of the soul that is ill.

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Medicine (n.) taught ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as memorized facts plus "Don't think, act!" gives its practitioners the least chance of all professionals to develop the function of thinking.

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Medicine (n.) presides ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠over the great Hospital built on the left-hand side of the road, where men flock, seeking as before a remedy in themselves rather than asking help from God.

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Medicine (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never best close at hand: every tribe is secretly sure the neighbouring sorcerer is stronger — and calls in the expensive foreigner for serious cases, just as we do.