Physicians Quotes

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The goal of scientific physicians in their own science ... is to reduce the indeterminate. Statistics therefore apply only to cases in which the cause… — Claude Bernard
The longer I practise medicine, the more convinced I am there are only two types of cases: those that involve taking the trousers off and… — Alan Bennett
The old fashioned family physician and general practitioner ... was a splendid figure and useful person in his day; but he was badly trained, he… — Charles Loomis Dana
The physician himself, if sick, actually calls in another physician, knowing that he cannot reason correctly if required to judge his own condition while suffering. — Aristotle
Thus we work not in the light of public opinion but in the secrecy of the chamber; and perhaps the best of us are apt… — Clifford Allbutt
When he can render no further aid, the physician alone can mourn as a man with his incurable patient. This is the physician's sad lot. — Aretaeus of Cappadocia
Who ever saw a doctor use the prescription of his colleague without cutting out or adding something? — Michel de Montaigne
Whoever is to acquire a competent knowledge of medicine, ought to be possessed of the following advantages: a natural disposition; instructionl a favorable place for… — Hippocrates
With the exception of lawyers, there is no profession which, considers itself above the law so widely as the medical profession. — Samuel Hopkins Adams
The ideal doctor would be a man endowed with profound knowledge of life and of the soul, intuitively divining any suffering or disorder of whatever… — Henri Frederic Amiel
But what physician has not had patients who don't make any sense at all? To tell the truth, they're our stock-in-trade. We talk and write… — Walker Percy
Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician. — Hippocrates
Men have cried out to me in sincere and despairing appeal: 'Doctor, I cannot go on like this! I have everything to live for! I… — William Duncan Silkworth
Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
By examining the tongue of the patient, physicians find out the diseases of the body, and philosophers the diseases of the mind. — Justin Martyr
The cure of many diseases remains unknown to the physicians of Hellos (Greece) because they do not study the whole person. — Socrates
..Dr. Andrew C. Ivy, (is) the champion of the scientific doctrine of freedom of research, which has suffered in recent years through the falsity of… — Roland V. Libonati
...Only physicians are likely to be regarded as competent to judge the qualifications of potential physicians, so licensing boards in the various states...are typically composed..of… — Milton Friedman
In the early 1700's, two physicians...learned about pinkroot's efficacy from the Indians. The word soon spread to the general public, who praised this worm treatment,… — Michael Savage
When a physician is called to a patient, he should decide on the diagnosis, then the prognosis, and then the treatment. ... Physicians must know… — Claude Bernard

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