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Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a
major operation by a surgeon.
Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a
major operation by a surgeon.
Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in read more
Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing
By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.
By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.
Banished the doctor, and expell'd the friend.
Banished the doctor, and expell'd the friend.
A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.
[Lat., Orandum est, ut sit read more
A sound mind in a sound body is a thing to be prayed for.
[Lat., Orandum est, ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.]
I find the medicine worse than the malady.
I find the medicine worse than the malady.
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it so it can be devoured by worms.
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it so it can be devoured by worms.
Trust not the physician;
His antidotes are poison, and he slays
More than you rob.
Trust not the physician;
His antidotes are poison, and he slays
More than you rob.
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
