Body Quote by Voltaire

“Doctors give drugs of which they know little, into bodies, of which they know less, for diseases of which they know nothing at all.”

— Sarah Ballantyne

A physician is one who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less.

— Voltaire

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom…

— Voltaire

The physician who knows only medicine, knows not even medicine.

— Mark Twain

Medicine is not merely a science but an art. The character of the physician may act more powerfully upon the patient than the drugs…

— Paracelsus

There is so much information on diagnostics and treatments - one person cannot possibly know everything. A good doctor is one who isn't afraid…

— Leana S. Wen

I am forced to the conclusion that modern medicine does not know it all.

— Jennifer Worth

“This is the one chance to learn about other things than medicine. Medicine is the art of observation and interpretation, which are skills that…

— David B. Agus

Modern medicine is not scientific, it is full of prejudice, illogic and susceptible to advertising. Doctors are not taught to reason, they are programmed…

— Abram Hoffer

Medicine is learned by the bedside and not in the classroom. Let not your conceptions of disease come from words heard in the lecture…

— William Osler

Every educated physician knows that most diseases are not appreciably helped by medicine.

— Richard Clarke Cabot

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

— Ovid