There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs.

Quote by William Osler

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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...

A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and...

A library represents the mind of its collector, his fancies and foibles, his strength and...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the...

Work is the open sesame of every portal, the great equalizer in the world, the...

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.

Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith - the one great moving force which...

Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith - the one great moving force which...

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

That really annoying moment when you can't find the long side of the blanket.

That really annoying moment when you can't find the long side of the blanket.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.

We often pardon those that annoy us, but we cannot pardon those we annoy.