The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes. — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Any important disease whose causality is murky, and for which treatment is ineffectual, tends to be awash in significance. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Saying 'Gesundheit' doesn't really help the common cold - but its about as good as anything the doctors have come up with. — Earl Wilson Copy Share Image
The mechanisms of vis medicatrix naturæ—the most healing power of nature—are so effective that most diseases are self-terminating. — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
“If your doctor relies on blood and urine tests to diagnose and treat you, then you could be in serious trouble.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Never to allow a patient to be waked, intentionally or accidentally, is a sine qua non of all good nursing. — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
As an emergency physician, I have seen my patients forgo needed treatment because they are afraid they will lose their jobs. — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
A physician is one who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When I did lose weight, by the way, I did it because my doctor recommended it. My secret isn't a pill. I… — Susanna Reid Copy Share Image
There are many troubles which you cannot cure by the Bible and the hymn-book, but which you can cure by a good… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Traditional medical ethics, based on the doctor-patient relationship must be changed... The primary function of health care regulations should be to limit… — Donald Berwick Copy Share Image
“The midpoint in medicine between excessive emotional involvement with patients and a complete lack of empathy is not a simple one to… — Christine Montross Copy Share Image
For many people, illness - loss of health - represents the crisis situation that triggers an awakening. With serious illness comes awareness… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Well it's a drastic procedure by your standards and mine, but for the people who are living in desperation perhaps the best… — John Money Copy Share Image
When you take apart an area that's been operated on before and has reduced blood supply and scarring, you take on a… — Terry Dubrow Copy Share Image
Every sleep doctor I've talked to said it was an urban legend that you shouldn't wake up a sleepwalker. All that will… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
“Why do they do that? People are in hospitals for a reason—to get better from an illness or to recover from surgery.… — J.A. Jance Copy Share Image
Once, I played a doctor who had a near-death experience, so I researched it, and it's impressive what people are saying about… — Sebastian Koch Copy Share Image
I'd watch 'Inherit the Wind' and I'd say, 'Oh, I want to be a lawyer.' I'd watch 'Grey's Anatomy' with my mom,… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
The announcement that I was going to be an actor was made when was I was 10 years old. And that didn't… — Reggie Lee Copy Share Image
No one thinks of the lab-testing experience as positive. It should be! One way to create that is to help people engage… — Elizabeth Holmes Copy Share Image
“Being healthy means a wholeness in the living of one's life -- a dynamic and constantly changing balance that acknowledges the soundness… — William B. Stewart Jr Copy Share Image
The possibilities and probabilities are all we have to work with in medicine, though. What we are drawn to in this imperfect… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
When I grew up in India, telephones were a rarity. In fact, they were so rare that elected members of Parliament had… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
There are no specific diseases only specific disease conditions — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
