Any medical man who predicts exactly when a patient will die, or exact…

Agatha Christie
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Any medical man who predicts exactly when a patient will die, or exactly how long he will live, is bound to make a fool of himself. The human factor is always incalculable. The weak have often unexpected powers of resistance, the strong sometimes succumb. ✨ Agatha Christie (1985). Funerals are Fatal
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