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The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown read more
The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.
A Hospital is no place to be sick.
A Hospital is no place to be sick.
Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.
Hospitals are only an intermediate stage of civilization.
Hospitals, like airports and supermarkets, only pretend to be open nights and weekends.
Hospitals, like airports and supermarkets, only pretend to be open nights and weekends.
Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside.
Looking out of a hospital window is different from looking out of any other. Somehow you do not see outside.
It's like a convent, the hospital. You leave the world behind and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.
It's like a convent, the hospital. You leave the world behind and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience.
One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the read more
One of the most difficult things to contend with in a hospital is the assumption on the part of the staff that because you have lost your gall bladder you have also lost your mind.
Just because your doctor has a name for your condition doesn't mean he knows what it is
Just because your doctor has a name for your condition doesn't mean he knows what it is
In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home read more
In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.
