It is a good thing for a physician to have prematurely grey hair a

It is a good thing for a physician to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. The first makes him appear to know more than he does, and the second gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. – A. Benson Cannon

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