 its other treasures, the Medical Society of London possesses a famous picture painted by S. Medley, representing that quaint old Quaker physician, Dr. Lettsom, of doggerel fame, if such be fame :— " When people's ill they comes to I ; I physicks, bleeds,...  Disciples of Æsculapius v. 2 - Page 531by Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - Human beings - 1863 - 338 pages
...sake of the joke than with a due regard to truth :— " When people's ill, they come to I; I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em; Sometimes they live, sometimes they die ; What's that to me PI Letsome " (left 'em). This reminds us of an anecdote concerning two sharp limbs of the law, who... | |
 | James George Beaney - 1876 - 32 pages
...assert it wns ever cut upon l\\» tombstone— t ' . " When people's ill, they come to I, I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em ; Sometimes they live, sometimes they die— What's that to I— And he signed his name— I. LETTSOM." But as I stated at the outset, and as I must repeat at the close... | |
 | English epigrams - 1878 - 464 pages
...Heberden, or Willis. CCLXXII. ON DR. LETTSOM, nv HIMSELF. When people's ill, they comes to I, I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em ; Sometimes they live, sometimes they die. What's that to I ? I lets 'em. John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815). CCLXXIII. SENT TO A PATIENT, WITH THE PRESENT OF A COUPLE... | |
 | Benjamin Ward Richardson - Medicine - 1891 - 470 pages
...any other tube required, either for injection or for aspiration. WILLIAM HEWSON, FRS ‘¿¿MONGST its other treasures, the Medical Society ¿ of London...people's ill they comes to I; I physicks, bleeds, and sweate ‘em. Sometimes they live; sometimes they die; What's that to I? I Lettsom,”— presenting... | |
 | Ina Russelle Warren - Medicine - 1897 - 324 pages
...farewell! H. SAVILE CLARKE. On Dr. Lettsom, by Himself WHEN people 's ill, they comes to I, I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em; Sometimes they live, sometimes they die. What's that to I ? I lets 'em. —JOHN COAKLEY LETTSOM. The Village Doctor SEE him still, as erst of yore. With furrowed... | |
 | Arthur John Lockhart - English essays - 1903 - 396 pages
...random,who left behind him this sly bit for epitaph: "When folks are sick they send for I; I physics, bleeds, and sweats 'em: Sometimes they live, sometimes they die;— What's that to I?— I Letsome." Ah! what glorious stuttering and laughter! Did Wilkins Micawber, Esq., ever have better times... | |
 | William Josephus Robinson - Medicine - 1909 - 524 pages
...Dr. John C. Lettsom, a well-known physician (died 1815) : When patients sick to me apply, I physics, bleeds and sweats 'em. Sometimes they live, sometimes they die ; What's that to me ? I. Lettsom. The Banquet Table. Some congenial physicians, tired of the deadening drudgery of a... | |
 | James Alfred Spalding - 1916 - 432 pages
...distich which may be passed along for another generation: "When people's ill, they comes to I, I physics, bleeds and sweats em; Sometimes they live, sometimes they die; What's that to I? I let's em." "Cambridge, June 8, 1802. Dear Sir: Some time ago I received a box containing some good... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - Medical - 2019 - 522 pages
...must take physic because he is sick. Lettsom, JC When people's ill, they comes to I, I physics, bleed, and sweats 'em; Sometimes they live, sometimes they die. What's that to I? I lets 'em. In Robert Coope The Quiet Art (p. 101) In William Davenport Adams English Epigrams On Dr.... | |
 | Michael L. Millenson - Health & Fitness - 1999 - 476 pages
...have little choice but to listen. DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL When people's ill, they comes to I, I physics, bleeds and sweats ‘em; Sometimes they live, sometimes they die. What's that to PI lets ‘em. —Satirical verse punning on the name of British physician John Coakley Lettsom, 1744—1815... | |
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