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 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.

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...

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...

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

Advice is sought to confirm a position already taken.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the...

There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the...

There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.

There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta.

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...

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.

What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his...

What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his...

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

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

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...