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Physician

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The Beloved Physician. Lucius, supposed to be St. Luke, the evangelist (Col. iv. 14).

The Prince of Physicians. Avicenna, the Arabian (980–1037).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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