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The origin of this proverb:
This is a variant of the proverb "Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies." This goes back to the Latin _extremis malis extrema remedia_ 'extreme remedies for extreme ills.'
The earliest English version given by the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs is the following:
1539 R. Taverner tr. _Erasmus' Adages_ 4 A stronge disease requyreth a stronge medicine.
(Thanks to Fred Shapiro, Yale Law Library)
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