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John Arbuthnot, born on April 29, 1667, and died on February 27, 1735, was an influential British physician. He made significant contributions to the field of medicine, particularly in the areas of epidemiology and medical statistics.

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“I believe the calculation of the quantity of probability might be improved to a very useful and pleasant speculation, and applied to a great many events which are accidental, besides those of games; only these cases would be infinitely more confused, as depending on chances which the most part of men are ignorant of.”

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Book:Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot

Source: Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot

“Mathematical studies may serve for a pleasant entertainment for those hours which young men are apt to throw away upon their vices.”

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Book:The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

Source: The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

“The Mathematics are Friends to Religion, inasmuch as they charm the Passions, restrain the Impetuosity of the Imagination, and purge the Mind from Error and Prejudice. Vice is Error, Confusion, and false Reasoning; and all Truth is more or less opposite to it. Besides, Mathematical Studies may serve for a pleasant Entertainment for those Hours which young Men are apt to throw away upon their Vices; the Delightfulness of them being such as to make Solitude not only easy, but desirable.”

Source: An Essay on the Usefulness of Mathematical Learning: In a Letter from a Gentleman in the City, to His Friend at Oxford