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

Quote by William Osler

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The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The...

The search for static security - in the law and elsewhere - is misguided. The...

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.

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...

The first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

The first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

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...

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...

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget

It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease...

It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease...

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...

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...

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

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

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

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

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

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 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...

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...

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall...

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be...

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.

Love has no age, no limit; and no death.