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A Physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of Fortune; his degree of reputation is for the most tart casual; they that employ him know not his excellence; they that reject him know not his deficience.—SAMUEL JOHNSON.
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HOBSON, F. New Aspects in the Assessment of Physical Fitness. Nature 105, 812 (1920). https://doi.org/10.1038/105812a0
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