Never forget that it is not a pneumonia, but a pneumonic man who is your patient. – William Withey Gull

In 1963 and later papers, I pointed out that the special market characteristics of medical care and medical insurance could be explained by reference to differences in information among the parties involved. – Kenneth Joseph Arrow

Despite all our toil and progress, the art of medicine still falls somewhere between trout casting and spook writing. – Ben Hecht, Miracle of the Fifteen Murderers