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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

1649 William Shakespeare 1564-1616 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:1649
AUTHOR:William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
QUOTATION:Diseases desperate grown
By desperate appliance are relieved,
Or not at all. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Hamlet. Act iv. Sc. 3.  [text]
WORKS:William Shakespeare Collection.
 
Note 1.
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme disease.—Hippocrates: Aphorism i. [back]