Author: William Osler

Quotes

It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.

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

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.

- William Osler

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

- William Osler

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

- William Osler

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.

- William Osler

There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs.

There are, in truth, no specialties in medicine, since to know fully many of the most important diseases a man must be familiar with their manifestations in many organs.

- William Osler

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

- William Osler

The future is today.

The future is today.

- William Osler

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.

- William Osler

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