On the recordOctober 15, 1858
You may have a wen or a cancer upon your person, and not be able to cut it out lest you bleed to death; but surely it is no way to cure it, to engraft it and spread it over your whole body.
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In his final debate with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln used a medical analogy to argue against the expansion of slavery.
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