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Galen is but empiricutic, and, to this preservative, of no better report than a horse-drench.
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It gives me an estate of seven years health; in which time I will make a lip at the physician: the most sovereign prescription in Galen is but empiricutic, and, to this preservative, of no better report than a horse-drench.
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_Galen_ is but empiricutic, and to _this_ preservative of no better report than a horse-drench. '
The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835
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Galen is but empiricutic, and, to this preservative, of no better report than a horse-drench.
Coriolanus 1607
bilby commented on the word empiricutic
"MENENIUS: A letter for me! It gives me an estate of seven years' health; in which time I will make a lip at the physician: the most sovereign prescription in Galen is but empiricutic, and, to this preservative, of no better report than a horse-drench."
- William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.
August 28, 2009