While this is readily acknowledged by every generation, with regard to the past, it is curious to note how different is the appreciation of each generation for the theorist as opposed to the observer.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
Broussais was the medical theorist of the hour, and medical theories have always been popular, while medical observation has had to wait for due recognition.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
One theorist of the positive type attributes the failure of the Greek oracles to the growing depopulation of Greece.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill