“Medicine is learned by the bedside and not in the classroom. Let not your conceptions of disease come from words heard in the lecture room or read from the book. See, and then reason and compare and control. But see first.” FirstsBookReasonRoomsHeardDiseaseMedicineCompareConceptionClassroomLecturesLecturingPractice Of Medicine Author:William Osler
“I think humor is the social use. You can put anything in it. I think - yes, I speak heavily in analogies - it is like putting the medicine in apple sauce or a block of cheese for a dog. Not that anyone in this room is a dog in this scenario.” ThinkingUseSpeakSocialRoomsDogMedicineBlockApplesCheeseScenariosSauceAnalogies Author:Sloane Crosley
“I was just a kid when I started doing this,yoga, meditation, natural foods, acupuncture - things like were seen as practically voodoo. And today you can go into any hospital and they'll have massage, and Chinese medicine, and therapy, and a prayer room.” KidsTodayNaturalPrayerRoomsMeditationYogaMedicineChineseTherapyHospitalsMassageVoodooYoga MeditationAcupunctureChinese Medicine Author:Elizabeth Lesser
“One of the reasons why I, 'a medical man' decided to give up medicine was a firm conviction of the extraordinary influence on health of pleasurable excitement, especially when combined with fresh air and exercise. How frequently have I, with great difficulty, persuaded patients who were never off my doorsteps to take up golf, and how rarely, if ever, I have seen them in my consulting room again.” IfsMenGivingReasonRoomsAirInfluenceExerciseGiving UpDecidedDifficultyMedicineGolfExtraordinaryPatientConvictionMedicalFirmReason WhyExcitementFresh AirConsultingDoorstep Author:Alister MacKenzie
“When you hear someone use the word 'meds' instead of the word 'medicine,' chances are they're no stranger to massive doses of mind-altering psychotropic drugs. Back out of the room slowly.” MindUseChanceRoomsDrugMedicineStrangerMassiveChances AreDoseMeds Author:Amy Sedaris
“Being part of a team helped me so much. I know the fact that there was a man in the room with me all those years made the medicine go down. I had made the companies money. I didn't have to start, like a lot of women, from ground zero. My path was not the same as a woman starting out by herself.” KnowsMenYearsMadeFactsRoomsCompanyPathTeamMedicineStartingZeroStarting OutGround Zero Author:Nancy Meyers
“No one should have to choose between medicine and other necessities. No one should have to use the emergency room every time a child gets sick. And no one should have to live in constant fear that a medical problem will become a financial crisis.” ShouldChildrenUseProblemRoomsShould HaveSickCrisisConstantMedicineFinancialMedicalEmergenciesFinancial CrisisEmergency RoomMedical Problems Author:Brad Henry
“Touching hands are not like pharmaceuticals or scalpels. They are like flashlights in a darkened room. The medicine they administer is self-awareness. And for many of our painful conditions, this is the aid that is most urgently needed.” SelfHandsRoomsConditionsAwarenessNeededSelf AwarenessMedicinePainfulAidsTouchingFlashlightsScalpels Author:Deane Juhan