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.
Wow, you’ve become quite the intellectual.
so anyways what book is it?