"We should be very careful to distinguish between our knowledge of phenomena and our interpretations of them."
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Educators from the United StatesAuthors from the United StatesMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyUniversity of Pennsylvania alumniPhysicians from Philadelphia
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The Essentials of the Art of Medicine. 1897. p 26.
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