Author: William Osler

Quotes

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

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

- William Osler

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

- William Osler

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.

- 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 very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.

- William Osler

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

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle.

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle.

- 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.

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

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

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