Author: William Osler

Quotes

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

- 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

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

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

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.

- William Osler

The future is today.

The future is today.

- 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 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

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

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