A book that was first published in 1812, and a replica of which I’m holding right now, with awe and admiration of some of the ‘greatest medical minds’ of the early 18th century, starts of with a quote in Latin that I would love to share with you…
‘Homo, Naturae minister et interpres, tantum facil et intelligit quantum de Natura ordine, re vel mente observaverit, nec amplius scit au potest.’ - Francis Bacon.
Which translates to (link)
“Man, the minister & interpreter of nature can act & understand just in proportion to his experience & observation of the order of nature nor can he know or do any thing further.” - Francis Bacon.
And I’m forced to ask myself - how far have we come? Is this really history, it looks like yesterday and today. And possibly tomorrow, we should be telling the same thing to ourselves, again.
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