{"id":75,"date":"2014-10-04T21:16:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T21:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2014\/10\/04\/the-art-of-medicine-consists-of-amusing-the\/"},"modified":"2014-10-04T21:16:29","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T21:16:29","slug":"the-art-of-medicine-consists-of-amusing-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2014\/10\/04\/the-art-of-medicine-consists-of-amusing-the\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Voltaire (via childrenofthetao<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. 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