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Quotation from The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) by Victor Hugo

“Medicine is the daughter of dreams”

Victor Hugo (spoken by Inscription on Frollo's wall (attributed to Iamblichus))

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), Book Fifth, Chapter I, Abbas beati Martini, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood

Portrait of Victor Hugo

Asked by the disguised king for medical advice, Frollo points to this inscription, and the royal physician Coictier mutters that he is mad.

Citation: "Medicine is the daughter of dreams" — Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), Book Fifth, Chapter I, Abbas beati Martini, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood. (id the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-q3)

Portrait: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full, Étienne Carjat, Public domain.

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