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When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is almost certainly wrong.
hospital’s “Chief Bug-Catcher”—whose job it was to rid the mattresses of lice—was paid more than its surgeons.
Interesting.
He also led a scathing attack on homeopathic medicine, which he argued was “perfectly untenable scientifically.”
A head of his time then.
Some men even put their own wives and children up for sale after they tired of them.
To be fair I have had the same thought once or twice.
He was flayed meticulously, and his skin was used to make various macabre trinkets, including pocketbooks,
Should still do this today.
