Hi Paul, Hi Hans,
> On 29 Apr 2020, at 19:06, Paul Eggert <[email protected]> wrote: > > This quote is from: > > George Gillespie. A Brotherly Examination of ſome paſſages of Mr. Colemans > late > Sermon upon Iob 11.20. London: Robert Bostock (1645). > > So even back then the phrase was already being used in its political (not > medical) sense as part of a political controversy - which means in this > respect > we're no better off now than our ancestors were in 1645. > Le 29 avr. 2020 à 20:27, Hans Åberg <[email protected]> a écrit : > > The phrase itself is translation of Latin aegrescit medendo, from Virgil, > Aeneid XII, 46, The combat between Aeneas and Turnus. > > https://latin.stackexchange.com/questions/5147/what-is-the-opposite-of-aegrescit-medendo Thanks to both of you for your findings!
