the best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and Dr Merryman
- the best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and Dr Merryman
Cf. a 1449 LYDGATE
Minor Poems (
EETS) 704 Thre lechees [doctors] consarue a mannys myht, First
a glad hert..Temperat diet..And best of all, for no thyng
take no thouht. Cf. laughter is the best medicine.
1558 W. BULLEIN Government of Health 50v I should not staye my selfe vpon the opinion of any one phisicion, but rather vpon three... The first was called doctor diet, the seconde doctor quiet, the thirde doctor mery man.
1738 SWIFT Polite Conversation ii. 154 The best Doctors in the World, are Doctor Dyet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
1909 Spectator 30 Jan. 175 A proverb prescribes for sickness Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman. The merry heart goes all the way in all but the worst sicknesses.
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laughter is the best medicine — The idea of the beneficial effects of laughter upon the health is an ancient one; e.g. PROVERBS xvii. 22 (AV) A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Older English expressions of the concept include laugh… … Proverbs new dictionary
best — see all’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds the best is the enemy of the good the best of friends must part the best of men are but men at best the best things come in small packages the best things in life are f … Proverbs new dictionary
merryman — see the best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and Dr Merryman … Proverbs new dictionary
diet — see the best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and Dr Merryman … Proverbs new dictionary
quiet — see the best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and Dr Merryman … Proverbs new dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
doctor — see an apple a day keeps the doctor away the best doctors are Dr Diet, Dr Quiet, and Dr Merryman … Proverbs new dictionary
medicine, history of — Introduction the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore Unwritten history is not… … Universalium
