Quote#Wisdom
In the history of medicine, there are few instances in which a…
Quote byWilliam Osler · 1849–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: In reference to "On Chorea" (1872) by George Huntington on what is now known as Huntington's Disease, as quoted in "Huntington's Chorea" by Irwin A. Brody and Robert H. Wilkins in Archives of Neurology Vol. 17, No. 3 (1967). The acclaim Huntington received for this paper, his first, from Osler and o.
English (original)
In the history of medicine, there are few instances in which a disease has been more accurately, more graphically or more briefly described.
— William Osler
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