John Ferriar



John Ferriar (1761 – February 4, 1815) was a Scottish physician and a poet, most noted for his leadership of the Manchester Infirmary, and his studies of the causes of diseases such as typhoid.

Quotes

 * The princeps copy, clad in blue and gold.
 * Illustrations of Sterne, Bibliomania, line 6, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
 * Now cheaply bought for thrice their weight in gold.
 * Illustrations of Sterne, Bibliomania, line 65, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
 * Torn from their destined page (unworthy meed Of knightly counsel and heroic deed).
 * Illustrations of Sterne, Bibliomania, line 121, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
 * How pure the joy, when first my hands unfold The small, rare volume, black with tarnished gold!
 * Illustrations of Sterne, Bibliomania, line 137, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).