Medicine

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MEDICINE: The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. (Unknown Source)

MEDICINE: The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. (Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher, 1694-1778)

MEDICINE: Don't defy the diagnosis, try to defy the verdict. (Norman Cousins, U.S. political journalist, author, professor, and world peace advocate, 1915-1990)

MEDICINE: 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)

MEDICINE: As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be . . . well paid. (Jean de la Bruyere, French philosopher and moralist, 1645-1696)

MEDICINE: I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease. (John Donne, English poet and cleric, 1572-1631)

MEDICINE: The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm. (Florence Nightingale, English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing, 1820-1910)

MEDICINE: There are some remedies worse than the disease. (Publilius Syrus, Syrian Latin writer, 85-43 BCE)

MEDICINE: It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying. (Thomas Horder, English physician recognized as a leading clinician and diagnostician of his day, 1871-1955)

MEDICINE: Nature, time, and patience are the three great physicians. (H.G. Bohn, British publisher and founder of Bohns Libraries, 1796-1884)