In summoning even the wisest of physicians to our aid, it is probably …

Marcel Proust
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In summoning even the wisest of physicians to our aid, it is probably that he is relying upon a scientific truth, the error of which will become obvious in just a few years' time.
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A doctor who doesn't say too many foolish things is a patient half-cured. ✨ Marcel Proust (2006). Remembrance of Things Past, p.1111, Wordsworth Editions

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