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Theres not a lot of good humor in medicine, but theres a lot of medicine in good humor.

Josh Billings

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Josh Billings
Age: 67 †
Born: 1818
Born: April 21
Died: 1885
Died: October 14
Humorist
Writer
Lanesboro
Massachusetts
Henry Wheeler Shaw
Good
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Medicine
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