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Silas Weir Mitchell Quotes

1829–1914 United States

Silas Weir Mitchell (January 15, 1829 – January 4, 1914) was an American physician, scientist, novelist, and poet. He is considered the father of medical neurology, and he discovered causalgia (complex regional pain syndrome) and erythromelalgia and pioneered the rest cure.

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Death’s but one more to-morrow.

The first thing to be done by a biographer in estimating character is to examine the stubs of his victim's cheque-books.

I must have told my story ill if to every physician who hears me its illustrations have not the invigorating force of moral tonics.

When youth was lord of my unchallenged fate,
And time seemed but the vassal of my will,
I entertained certain guests of state—
The great of older days.

Up anchor! Up anchor!
Set sail and away!
The ventures of dreamland
Are thine for a day.

Where did this filthy thing come from?

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Silas Weir Mitchell (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.