You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. Martin H. Fischer More Quotes by Martin H. Fischer More Quotes From Martin H. Fischer A conclusion is the place where you got tired thinking. Martin H. Fischer Knowledge is a process of piling up facts wisdom lies in their simplification. Martin H. Fischer A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions. Martin H. Fischer good know good-teacher teacher The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's. Martin H. Fischer plumber medicine practice art A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill. Martin H. Fischer doctor you man work When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors. Martin H. Fischer man smart balance said Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice. Martin H. Fischer end beginning diagnosis practice Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them. Martin H. Fischer birds eat science window First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef. Martin H. Fischer hospital management death chef Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof. Martin H. Fischer never truth practice work None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'. Martin H. Fischer specialist none great made Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. Martin H. Fischer your down driving education Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science. Martin H. Fischer possible theory purpose science Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature. Martin H. Fischer dictionary literature science facts A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession. Martin H. Fischer yourself day you work Here's good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee. Martin H. Fischer good nature practice work I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five. Martin H. Fischer than rather find men In diagnosis think of the easy first. Martin H. Fischer first think diagnosis easy In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science. Martin H. Fischer medical sick understanding science Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind. Martin H. Fischer game good business mind
