When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors. — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share Image
A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your… — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share
Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof. — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share
You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share
In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science. — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share
None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'. — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share
Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose… — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share
Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind. — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share
I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five. — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share
The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's. — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share
Here's good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee. — Martin H. Fischer Copy Share
