“I still am amazed that people would never buy a car if they were told it gets 75 miles to the gallon - they're absolutely clear on what's a scam. But when it comes to their health they will immediately fall for somebody telling them, "Take this pill and you'll live to be a hundred years old." There's something about medicine that allows us to fall for stupid sales pitches more easily.” PeopleIfsYearsStillsPainFallClearCarStupidHundredMedicineMilesTherapyInjuryAmazedPillsGallonsScamsSales Pitch Author:Dean Edell
“Nineteen hundred and three will bring great advances in surgery, in the study of bacteria, in the knowledge of the cause and prevention of disease. Medicine is played out. Every new discovery of bacteria shows us all the more convincingly that we have been wrong and that the million tons of stuff we have taken was all useless.” Has BeensShowsThreeCausesStuffMillionsStudyTakenDiseaseHundredDiscoveryMedicineUselessSurgeryPreventionNineteenBacteriaNew Discoveries Author:Thomas A. Edison
“Take a dose of medicine once, and in all probability you will be obliged to take an additional hundred afterwards” HundredMedicineProbabilityObligedDose Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“A few hundred years ago there were no differences between magic and medicine.” YearsDifferencesMagicHundredYears AgoMedicine Author:Joanne Harris
“On his deathbed he asked for a priest and became a Catholic. That was his wife's religion. It was his own business and none of mine. If you had sentenced one hundred and sixty men to death and seen around eighty of them swing, then maybe at the last minute you would feel the need for some stronger medicine than the Methodists could make.” IfsMenNeedsFeelsLastsWifeMinutesMinesHundredStrongerCatholicMedicinePriestsSwingsSixtyEightyOwn BusinessDeathbedLast MinuteMethodists Book:True Grit Source: True Grit
“The horse seemed to bend time and space as he ran, blurring the landscape and making Frank feel like he'd just drunk a gallon of whole milk without his lactose-intolerance medicine: "Seven hundred and fifty miles per hour. Eight hundred. Eight hundred and three. Fast. very Fast.” FeelsWholeThreeHoursSpaceHundredHorseMedicineSevenEightMilesDrunkLandscapeRanFiftyMilkFrankIntoleranceTime And SpaceGallons Author:Rick Riordan
“No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection.” IfsKnowsMenWantYearsPersonsLongNamesWalksTeachTeacherQuietTravelHundredMirrorsWho You AreMedicineBraveGlassesMilesBitterAbout YourselfGreat Teacher Author:Patrick Rothfuss