medicine
n. A bullet fired in Florida to kill a dog in Alaska.
n. The art of amusing a patient while nature cures the disease.
Cynical Quotations
For all the advances in medicine, there is still no cure for the common birthday.
— John Glenn
Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
— Thomas Szasz