In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men. – Cicero
People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness they still remain in his debt. – Seneca
Body and soul cannot be separated for purposes of treatment, for they are one and indivisible. Sick minds must be healed as well as sick bodies. – C. Jeff Miller
Observation, Reason, Human Understanding, Courage; these make the physician. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)
Restore a man to his health, his purse lies open to thee. – Robert Burton
Better name for the general practitioner might be multispecialist. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)
A doctor whose breath smells has no right to medical opinion. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)
It is a good thing for a physician to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. The first makes him appear to know more than he does, and the second gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. – A. Benson Cannon
A doctor who cannot take a good history and a patient who cannot give one are in danger of giving and receiving bad treatment. – Author unknown
One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine…. Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants. – William Osler (1849–1919)
When in doubt as to the applicability of a disinfectant, use soap and water. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)
The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. – Voltaire
God heales, and the Physitian hath the thankes. – George Herbert, Outlandish Proverbs
Every disease is a physician. – Irish Proverb
A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)
It is sometimes as dangerous to be run into by a microbe as by a trolley car. – J.J. Walsh
Drugs are not always necessary. Belief in recovery always is. – Norman Cousins
I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
There is no curing a sick man who believes himself to be in health. – Henri Amiel
Doctors think a lot of patients are cured who have simply quit in disgust. – Don Herold
