OSIER, WILLIAM : It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has. (William Osier, Canadian physician and one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1849-1919)

OSIER, WILLIAM : In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. (William Osier, Canadian physician, known as the Father of Modern Medicine, 1849-1919)