Author: Martin H. Fischer

Quotes

Whenever ideas fail, men invent words.

Whenever ideas fail, men invent words.

- Martin H. Fischer

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

- Martin H. Fischer

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.

- Martin H. Fischer

Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.

Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.

- Martin H. Fischer

The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations.

The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations.

- Martin H. Fischer

Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.

Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.

- Martin H. Fischer

I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five.

I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five.

- Martin H. Fischer

None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'.

None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'.

- Martin H. Fischer

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill.

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill.

- Martin H. Fischer

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