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 Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an 
art.
 [Lat., Aegri quia non omnes read more 
 Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is not an 
art.
 [Lat., Aegri quia non omnes convalescunt, idcirco ars nulla 
medicina est.] 
 So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill,
 And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill.  
 So liv'd our sires, ere doctors learn'd to kill,
 And multiplied with theirs the weekly bill. 
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.
 God who sends the wound sends the medicine.
 [Sp., Dios que da la llaga, da la medicina.]  
 God who sends the wound sends the medicine.
 [Sp., Dios que da la llaga, da la medicina.] 
We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized read more
We have to ask ourselves whether medicine is to remain a humanitarian and respected profession or a new but depersonalized science in the service of prolonging life rather than diminishing human suffering.
A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.
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.
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)
A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)
 'Tis time to give 'em physic, their diseases
 Are grown so catching.  
 'Tis time to give 'em physic, their diseases
 Are grown so catching.