Thomas Beddoes
Thomas Beddoes
Thomas Beddoeswas an English physician and scientific writer. He was born in Shifnal, Shropshire. He was a reforming practitioner and teacher of medicine, and an associate of leading scientific figures. He worked to treat tuberculosis...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 June 1803
ease heart love sleep thine thou wilt
If thou wilt ease thine heart / Of love and all its smart, / Then sleep, dear, sleep.
cost crown dreams fresh light passing shakes
If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy? Some cost a passing bell; Some a light sigh, That shakes from Life's fresh crown Only a roseleaf down
dreams
If there were dreams to sell, what would you buy?
character thinking law
I think it perfectly just, that he who, from the love of experiment, quits an approved for an uncertain practice, should suffer the full penalty of Egyptian law against medical innovation; as I would consign to the pillory, the wretch, who out of regard to his character, that is, to his fees, should follow the routine, when, from constant experience he is sure that his patient will die under it, provided any, not inhuman, deviation would give his patient a chance.