He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
At today's prices for medicines, doctors and hospitals-if the latter are available at any price-only millionaires can afford to be hurt or… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
In our own time we have seen domination spread over the social landscape to a point where it is beyond all human… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“Every creature was designed to serve a purpose. Learn from animals for they are there to teach you the way of life.… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He hears nothing, sees nothing, takes no part in political life. He doesn't seem to… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Medicine is the science by which we learn the various states of the human body in health and when not in health,… — Avicenna Copy Share Image
A human body in no way resembles those that were born for ravenousness; it hath no hawk's bill, no sharp talon, no… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits.… — Michael E. DeBakey Copy Share Image
The first [quality] to be named must always be the power of attention, of giving one's whole mind to the patient without… — Wilfred Trotter Copy Share Image
If no one had ever challenged religious authority, there’d be no democracy, no public schools, women’s rights, improvements to science and medicine,… — Mary Griffith Copy Share Image
“In the field of medicine, Galen, the Alexandrian scientist, propounded a view that is still around, nowadays called 'alternative medicine.'It was taught… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
“Once, in ancient China, there was a serious drought when the grain died and did not grow back. People starved, until an… — Antony Cummins Copy Share Image
“Now, we shall be able to judge the extent of the spiritual undernourishment if we look at all these movements from another… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
The statistical method is required in the interpretation of figures which are at the mercy of numerous influences, and its object is… — Austin Bradford Hill Copy Share Image
And what physicians say about disease is applicable here: that at the beginning a disease is easy to cure but difficult to… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love,… — Tara Brach Copy Share Image
“Medicine rests upon four pillars—philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics. The first pillar is the philosophical knowledge of earth and water; the second,… — Paracelsus Copy Share Image
“How the sadness is handled by the physician has a powerful impact on the medical care received by the patients. If the… — Danielle Ofri Copy Share Image
I think that poets can say, "What we want is for everybody on earth to wake up free from fear and with… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
The quality of health care in Germany is not as good as people sometimes believe it to be. We have problems with… — Karl Lauterbach Copy Share Image
“FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE: THE FUTURE My goal in medicine is to help provide a way to navigate and sort through health information based… — Mark Hyman Copy Share Image
“A story about the Jack Spratts of medicine [was] told recently by Dr. Charles H. Best , co-discoverer of insulin. He had… — Richard Mackarness Copy Share Image
I talked to over two hundred patients and family members about their experiences with aging, serious illnesses, and the big unfixables. But… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
Let me tell you how at one time the famous mathematician Euclid became a physician. It was during a vacation, which I… — Bernard Bolzano Copy Share Image
“I had seen that once before, bleeding water. A little baby I worked on as a resident in training. That poor kid… — Edison McDaniels Copy Share Image
Doctor Johnson said, that in sickness there were three things that were material; the physician, the disease, and the patient: and if… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“Treatment methods abound to reduce heavy metals in the body. Chelation is one of these treatments. When heavy metals are reduced in… — Thomas D. Taylor Copy Share Image
The good things at the U.S. health care system are that we have a well-trained labor force, particularly physicians; I don't think… — Uwe Reinhardt Copy Share Image
There is a great need for a new approach, new methods and new tools in teaching, man's oldest and most reactionary craft.… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
We profess to teach the principles and practice of medicine, or, in other words, the science and art of medicine. Science is… — Samuel Wilks Copy Share Image
“If you listen to your body and your intuition, they’ll guide you well. There are countless ways to develop listening skills. Some… — Robin Rose Bennett Copy Share Image
All changes in space which we see, hear, smell or taste are literally tactile impressions. All our senses are variations of our… — Rudolf von Laban Copy Share Image
My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseththe disease; Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
You can think of the Health Impact Fund as a mechanism that would keep the benefits and burdens of pharmaceutical innovation for… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
After the birth of printing books became widespread. Hence everyone throughout Europe devoted himself to the study of literature... Every year, especially… — Johannes Kepler Copy Share Image
“Voters, activists, and political leaders of the present day are in the position of medieval doctors. They hold simple, prescientific theories about… — Michael Huemer Copy Share Image
For many years there have been treatments available which are successful and usually NOT harmful for diseases, such as AIDS, cancer, cystic… — Charles C. Pixley Copy Share Image
I'm fascinated by the period that goes from the Industrial Revolution to right after World War II. There's something about that period… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“Adding social structural analysis to medical and public health education would move toward a more realistic and balanced version of the biopsychosocial… — Seth Holmes Copy Share Image
POTABLE, n. Suitable for drinking. Water is said to be potable; indeed, some declare it our natural beverage, although even they find… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
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