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

~William Osler

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

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He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.

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

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

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The first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

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

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Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.

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The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.

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One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Scientist

Born: July 12th, 1849

Died: December 29th, 1919

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