Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so no two bodies are alike, and no two individuals react alike and behave alike under the abnormal conditions which we know as disease.

Quote by William Osler

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By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from...

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.

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...

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...

Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn...

Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn...

Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate...

Things cannot always go your way. Learn to accept in silence the minor aggravations, cultivate...

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but...

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but...

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but...

Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but...

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...

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness...

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness...

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...

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...

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...

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in...

There is a form of laughter that springs from the heart, heard every day in...

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

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

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but...

No human being is constituted to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but...

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought...

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear what ought...

An extensive knowledge is needful to thinking people- it takes away the heat and fever;...

An extensive knowledge is needful to thinking people- it takes away the heat and fever;...

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of...

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of...

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.