Quotes by Physicians God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities. Desiderius Erasmus physiciansleadershipcourage Rogue internet pharmacies continue to pose a serious threat to the health and safety of Americans. Simply put, a few unethical physicians and pharmacists have become drug suppliers to a nation. Dianne Feinstein physicianssafetydrug Healing comes from the healed; not from the physician. Diana Gabaldon healedphysicianshealing It does say something about a society when those who sue physicians and hospitals make as much or more money than those who heal disease. It says something about a society when it glorifies and rewards those who litigate while it demonizes and punishes those who produce the drugs and devices that keep it citizens alive and well. Dennis Prager physiciansdrugdoe There are some modern practitioners, who declaim against medical theory in general, not considering that to think is to theorize; and that no one can direct a method of cure to a person labouring under disease, without thinking, that is, without theorizing; and happy therefore is the patient, whose physician possesses the best theory. Erasmus Darwin physicianssciencethinking Art stands in opposition to all the bad things that happen in life, which is where physicians stand. That's what doctors do-affirm life. And that's what artists do. Eric Avery physiciansdoctorsart The problem is that it takes physicians so long to accept a radical change. And the lag is unacceptable. Eric Topol lagphysicianslong You ought to choose both physician and friend, not the most agreeable, but the most useful. Epictetus discriminationphysiciansought Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if he ignores these two great truths of population zoology: (1) no two individuals are alike, and (2) both environment and genetic endowment make a contribution to nearly every trait. Ernst Mayr physiciansmistaketwo If you do not smile, you are judged lacking in a 'pleasing personality' - and you need to have a pleasing personality if you want to sell your services, whether as a waitress, a salesman, or a physician. Erich Fromm physicianspersonalityneeds Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop any and all medical interventions, from respirators to antibiotics. They do not need physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. Ezekiel Emanuel physicianstechnologysuicide Reasoning based on cost has been strenuously resisted; it violated the Hippocratic Oath, was associated with rationing, and derided as putting a price on life... Indeed, many physicians were willing to lie to get patients what they needed from insurance companies that were trying to hold down costs. Ezekiel Emanuel physicianstryinglying Americans tend to endorse the use of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia when the question is abstract and hypothetical. Ezekiel Emanuel physicianssuicideuse We set the treatment of bodies so high above the treatment of souls, that the physician occupies a higher place in society than the school-master. Florence Nightingale physicianssoulschool In my own experience as a physician, I have not seen a miraculous healing, and I don't expect to see one. Francis Collins miraculousphysicianshealing I trained initially as a physical chemist, and then, after becoming interested in biology, I went to medical school and learned how to be a physician. So, I'm a physician scientist. Francis Collins physiciansbecomingschool In the actual condition of medical science, the physician mostly plays the part of simple spectator of the sad episodes which his profession furnishes him. Francois Magendie physicianssimpleplay There are more old drunkards than old physicians. Francois Rabelais physiciansplusdrinking Insulin is not a cure for diabetes; it is a treatment. It enables the diabetic to burn sufficient carbohydrates, so that proteins and fats may be added to the diet in sufficient quantities to provide energy for the economic burdens of life. Frederick Banting burdens-of-lifephysiciansmedicine As with eggs, there is no such thing as a poor doctor, doctors are either good or bad. Fuller Albright physiciansdoctorseggs«1234567891011»
