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HEALTH
There is no...
There is no short cut, nor royal road, to the attainment of medical knowledge. The path which we have to pursue is...
We must adopt...
We must adopt loathsome diseases for our familiar associates, or we shall never be thoroughly acquainted with their...
Pray, Mr. Abernethy,...
Pray, Mr. Abernethy, what is a cure for gout?' was the question of an indolent and luxurious citizen. 'Live upon...
Why, Madam, do...
Why, Madam, do you know there are upward of thirty yards of bowels squeezed underneath that girdle of your daughter's?...
Private patients, if...
Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am bound to take...
If the poor...
If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might...
It is infinitely...
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.
I don't believe...
I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we...
Suffering isn't ennobling,...
Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.
Source: In NY Times, 28 Apr 1985.
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The prime goal...
The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering,...
If there weren't...
If there weren't so many professors, medicine would be much easier.
Source:...
A smart mother...
A smart mother makes often a better diagnosis than a poor doctor.
Source: In...
Medical theories are...
Medical theories are most of the time even more peculiar than the facts themselves.
I never say...
I never say of an operation that it is without danger.
Source: In Macmillan...
Medical scientists are...
Medical scientists are nice people, but you should not let them treat you.
Source:...
Exploitation and oppression...
Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called...
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. . . love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort...
Truth, like surgery,...
Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures.
Source: A Many Spendored Thing.
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This is Malaya....
This is Malaya. Everything takes a long, a very long time, in Malaya. Things get done, occasionally, but more often...
There is nothing...
There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
Source: A Many Spendored...