“From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies.” ShouldWholeStudyProgressEffectsStudentsOughtPeriodsDiseaseObservationWitnessSicknessPersevereCommencement Author:Robert James Graves
“Several country towns, within my observation, have at least a dozen taverns. Here the time, the money, the health and the modesty, of most that are young and of many old, are wasted. Here diseases, vicious habits, bastards and legislators are frequently spawned.” CountryYoungRevolutionHabitDiseaseTownsObservationDozenModestyViciousAmerican RevolutionLegislatorsTaverns Author:John Adams
“Just as an informal, nonscientific observation, most people's personalities don't seem to change very much during their lives. There are exceptions in the case of people who go through hugely traumatic events or suffer from brain injury or disease. Some would argue that religious conversions can have deep personality-altering effects. But these are all exceptions to the rule.” PeopleSeemsSufferingReligiousBrainCasesEffectsEventsPersonalityDiseaseArguingConversionObservationInjuryExceptionException To The RuleTraumatic EventsBrain Injury Author:Neal Stephenson
“The air of caricature never fails to show itself in the products of reason applied relentlessly and without correction. The observation of clinical facts would seem to be a pursuit of the physician as harmless as it is indispensable. [But] it seemed irresistibly rational to certain minds that diseases should be as fully classifiable as are beetles and butterflies. This doctrine ... bore perhaps its richest fruit in the hands of Boissier de Sauvauges. In his Nosologia Methodica published in 1768 ... this Linnaeus of the bedside grouped diseases into ten classes, 295 genera, and 2400 species.” ShouldMindReasonFactsShowsHandsSeemsCertainClassFailingAirProductsTenDiseaseSpeciesFruitPursuitDoctrineRationalObservationButterflyBoresPhysiciansIndispensableCorrectionsCaricaturesClassificationClinicalsBeetlesLinnaeus Author:Wilfred Trotter
“From my numerous observations, I conclude that these tubercle bacilli occur in all tuberculous disorders, and that they are distinguishable from all other microorganisms.” ScienceDiseaseObservationDisorderMicroorganisms Book:Essays of Robert Koch Source: Essays of Robert Koch
“Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . . . . But there remains to be mentioned a positive advantage . . . I allude to the circumstance of uniformity in the time of elections for the House of Representatives. It is more than possible, that this uniformity may be found by experience to be of great importance to the public welfare; both as a security against the perpetuation of the same spirit in the body; and as a cure for the diseases of faction.” MayBodySpiritFoundHouseOpinionSecurityCircumstancesDiseaseAdvantageImportanceElectionRemainsCuresObservationWelfareRepresentativesPublic OpinionProvisionFactionsProprietyUniformityHouse Of RepresentativesVindicationPublic Welfare Author:Alexander Hamilton