Author: William Osler

Quotes

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 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

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

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.

- 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 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

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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