Gilbert Blane - And it has been sarcastically said, that there is a wide difference between

And it has been sarcastically said, that there is a wide difference between a good physician and a bad one, but a small difference between a good physician and no physician at all; by which it is meant to insinuate, that the mischievous officiousness of art does commonly more than counterbalance any benefit derivable from it.

- Gilbert Blane

source: Gilbert Blane (1821). “Elements of Medical Logick”, p.10

topic: Art, Medicine, Differences, Small Differences