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 Doctor Mirabilis.Dr. Rez’io 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Doctor My-Book.
 
Dr. John Aberne’thy, so called because he used to say to his patients, “Read my book”—on Surgical Observations. (1765–1830.)   1
 


 Doctor Mirabilis.Dr. Rez’io 

 
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