...and I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, — and all the worse for the fishes. But to justify this proposition, I must add that the injuries inflicted by over-medication are to a...

...anaesthesia, and then sink the whole materia medica, as now used, to the bottom of the sea; the result would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes. In a note the Doctor adds that by this startling assertion " no denunciation of drugs as sparingly...

...Medical Society: "I fairly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes." PROF. MAOENDIE, the great French physician, whose experiments and teachings are recorded and scattered...

...and Sulphuric ether, I firmly believe that if the whole Materia Medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes. ' ' . From Dr. J. Mason Good, who is generally conceded to have been one of the most celebrated physicians,...

...believe that if the whole materia medica as now used [the italics are his] could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind, — and all the worse for the fishes." Dr. James Rush, of Philadelphia, a distinguished physician, says : " Upon these points, and bearing...

...firmly believe that the whole materia medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, and it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes." We believe, however, that the progressive men of all schools are now learning the difference between...

...the saying of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, that if the whole materia medica were sunk to the bottom of the sea it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes, and also an eminent medical authority of North Carolina to the effect that out of twenty-four serious cases...

...nine-tenths of all the medicines, patent, proprietary and otherwise, in the world were poured into the ocean, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes; and the best physician can do little without good nuising, and thus aid nature in throwing off disease. BANCROFT...

...cargo of the drugs which used to be considered the natural food of sick people, went to the bottom of the sea, it would be " all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes." If I had not put that snapper on the end of my whip-lash, I might have got off without the ill temper...

...Holmes has truly said that if nine tenths of the medicines in the world were poured into the ocean, it would be all the better for mankind, and all the worse for the fishes; and the best physicians can do little more than to provide good nursing and aid nature in throwing off disease....