Topic: Medical

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

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

- Paul Farmer

When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much.

When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much.

- Enid Bagnold

Well-trained medical doctors and engineers leave Nigeria to the developed countries. We want to reverse that.

Well-trained medical doctors and engineers leave Nigeria to the developed countries. We want to reverse that.

- Goodluck Jonathan

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.

You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.

- Michael Landon

Medical physics is an applied area of physics.

Medical physics is an applied area of physics.

- John Cameron

When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next day to run for public office to run for Congress, I had to pay first dollar.

When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next day to run for public office to run for Congress, I had to pay first dollar.

- Phil Roe

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.

- Henny Youngman

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

- Groucho Marx