He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.
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Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.William Osler
The Scots are the backbone of Canada. They are all right in their three vital parts -- head, heart and haggis.
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It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.
William Osler
Engrossed late and soon in professional cares, getting and spending, you may may so lay waste your powers that you may find, too late, with hearts given away, that t here is no place in your habit-stricken souls for those gentler influences which make your life worth living.
William Osler
The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles.
William Osler
The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases.
William Osler
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