“The first [quality] to be named must always be the power of attention, of giving one's whole mind to the patient without the interposition of anything of oneself. It sounds simple but only the very greatest doctors ever fully attain it. ... The second thing to be striven for is intuition. This sounds an impossibility, for who can control that small quiet monitor? But intuition is only interference from experience stored and not actively recalled. ... The last aptitude I shall mention that must be attained by the good physician is that of handling the sick man's mind.” MenGivingMindFirstsWholeLastsScienceSoundSimpleAttentionQualityGreatnessQuietDoctorsSickPatientSimplicityOneselfIntuitionPhysiciansImpossibilityInterferenceAptitudeSick Man Author:Wilfred Trotter
“The truly scientific mind is altogether unafraid of the new, and while having no mercy for ideas which have served their turn or shown their uselessness, it will not grudge to any unfamiliar conception its moment of full and friendly attention, hoping to expand rather than to minimize what small core of usefulness it may happen to contain.” MindMayIdeasMomentsHappensTruthScienceTurnsAttentionMercyCoreFriendlyConceptionUsefulnessGrudgeUnfamiliarUnafraidUselessness Author:Wilfred Trotter
