query on a proverb in various Slavic langs

[Sibelan Forrester]

Mnogouvazhaemye SEELanzhane!

I received this question from a sociologist friend and would be delighted
if I could pass along any information about this proverb in Russian, or
about similar proverbs in other Slavic/East European languages:

>There
>is an expression in Russian, "odno lechat, drugoe kalechat."  Our respondents
>offered some variant of that expression when they were commenting on the
>dangers of synthetic medications and/or medical treatments in general. I'm
>wondering how old this expression is.  I've discovered that there is a
>comparable expression in Polish - it's almost identical in fact.  Would you
>happen to know if there is anything similar in any of the other Slavic
>languages you have studied?  The fact that it's widespread, of course,
>wouldn't prove that it's old - or even that people use it to describe the
>same phenomenon, but I'm curious anyway.


Thank you for your attention and assistance --

Sibelan Forrester
Modern L & L, Swarthmore College
<SFORRES1 at swarthmore.edu>