OLD TESTAMENT

Sirach 38:4

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The Lord created medicines out of the earth. A prudent man will not despise them.

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Verse 4. Them, as he will all superstitious remedies. Calmet.—“A crowd of physicians killed Cæsar,” said Adrian, on his death-bed. They often try experiments, and kill with impunity. Pliny xxix. 1.—Yet we must not condemn the prudent use of medicine. Calmet.

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