There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.

Quote by William Osler

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The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the...

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the...

It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read...

It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read...

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to...

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to...

The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician...

The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician...

Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have...

Study until 25, investigate until 40, profession until 60, at which age I would have...

Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

Without egotism and full of feeling, laughter is the music of life.

Avoid wine and women -- choose a freckly-faced girl for a wife; they are invariably...

Avoid wine and women -- choose a freckly-faced girl for a wife; they are invariably...

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine...

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine...

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken...

In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken...

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.

The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals...

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for...

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we...

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we...

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.