Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume IV - Part 3
Fragment ID: 15089
It is not enough for a medicine to be a specific [for it to be helpful]. Certain drugs have other effects or possible effects which can be ignored by the physician who only wants to cure his case, but cannot be in a whole-view of the system and its reactions. The unfavourable reactions of quinine are admitted by medical opinion itself and doctors in Europe have been long searching for a substitute for quinine.