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Quotation from History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle
“Friedrich was always something of a Doctor himself”
History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, Book XXI, Ch. IX (Friedrich's Last Illness and Death) (Project Gutenberg #2121)
Introduces the king's distrust of physicians, his self-doctoring, and his fondness for strong soups and spicy meats.
Citation: "Friedrich was always something of a Doctor himself" — Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, Book XXI, Ch. IX (Friedrich's Last Illness and Death) (Project Gutenberg #2121). (id carlyle-frederick-the-great-q7)
