Medicine is not merely a science but an art. The character of the physician may act more powerfully upon the patient than the drugs employed.
Source: Man and the Created World Archidoxies, c. 1525.
-- Philipus Aureolus Paracelsus, (Nov 11 1493-1541), German-Swiss physician; He established the role of chemistry in medicine; published Die grosse Wundartzney (Great Surgery...).