“You are taken sick; you send for a physician; he comes in, stays ten minutes, prescribes for you a healing medicine, and charges you three or four dollars. You call this 'extortionate' - forgetting the medical books he must have waded through, the revolting dissections he must have witnessed and participated in, and the medical lectures he must have digested, to have enabled him to pronounce on your case so summarily and satisfactorily.” BookThreeForgetHealingCasesTakenFourMinutesTenDoctorsSickDollarsMedicineMedicalPhysiciansLecturesDissection Book:FRESH LEAVES Source: FRESH LEAVES
“I do not think that a Physician should be admitted into the College till he could bring proofs of his having cured, in his own person, at least four incurable distempers.” ThinkingShouldPersonsFourCollegeDoctorsMedicineProofPhysicians Author:Lord Chesterfield
“Medicine is aptly described as an art, not a science. To this end, four different doctors may have up to four different diagnoses or prescriptions.” MayArtDifferentEndsFourDoctorsMedicineDiagnosisPrescriptions Author:Andrew Saul
“Just the actual physical ability to hold four instruments simultaneously and do some of the things that Vivien was able to do is mind blowing to any surgeon. He never went to medical school and he became one of the great teachers of medicine himself, people are just amazed.” PeopleMindAbleSchoolAbilityTeacherFourInstrumentsMedicineMedicalAmazedSurgeonsGreat TeacherMind BlowingMedical SchoolMedical EducationPhysical Ability Author:Mary, Queen of Scots