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  • Galen is but empiricutic, and, to this preservative, of no better report than a horse-drench.

    The Tragedy of Coriolanus 2004

  • It gives me an estate of seven years’ health; in which time I will make a lip at the physician: the most sovereign prescription in Galen is but empiricutic, and, to this preservative, of no better report than a horse-drench.

    Act II. Scene I. Coriolanus 1914

  • _Galen_ is but empiricutic, and to _this_ preservative of no better report than a horse-drench. '

    The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded Delia Bacon 1835

  • Galen is but empiricutic, and, to this preservative, of no better report than a horse-drench.

    Coriolanus 1607

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  • "MENENIUS: A letter for me! It gives me an estate of seven years' health; in which time I will make a lip at the physician: the most sovereign prescription in Galen is but empiricutic, and, to this preservative, of no better report than a horse-drench."

    - William Shakespeare, 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus'.

    August 28, 2009