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

Quote by William Osler

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To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while...

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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 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 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.

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.

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...

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...

Here's the advice Sir William Osler gave the students at Yale: Live neither in the...

Here's the advice Sir William Osler gave the students at Yale: Live neither in the...

Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so...

Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so...

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...

The future is today.

The future is today.

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...

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure...

To live for results would be to sentence myself to continuous frustration. My only sure...

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

Of liberty I would say that, in the whole plenitude of its extent, it is...

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, dont sit back and...

When you see Washington consistently turning a blind eye to suffering, dont sit back and...