“We do not accost a physician as we do any mere nobody; nor a magistrate as we do a private individual. We try to get some advantage from the skill of the one and the position of the other. Walk in the sun, and your shadow will follow you, whether you will or not.” TryingIndividualWalksSunPositionSkillsShadowAdvantageMerePhysiciansMagistrates Author:Saint Basil
“it must depend as much upon the patient's willingness to be cured, as upon the physician's skill in curing. There is neither force not magic in psychiatry.” ForceMagicDependsSkillsPatientWillingnessPhysiciansPsychiatry Book:Survival Source: Survival
“Friendship hath the skill and observation of the best physician, the diligence and vigilance of the best nurse, and the tenderness and patience of the best mother.” MotherFriendshipSkillsObservationNurseTendernessPhysiciansDiligenceVigilanceBest Mother Author:Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
“There was an opening in the ER program at King Drew, so I spent the next month there, fascinated with the range of pathology that I observed, the diversity of skill that the ER physicians had to acquire, the variety of cases, and the ability to interact closely with people.” PeopleNextAbilityCasesMonthsKingsSkillsDiversityProgramOpeningVarietyRangeAcquireFascinatedPhysiciansPathology Author:Samuel Wilson
“I do not deny that medicine is a gift of God, nor do I refuse to acknowledge science in the skill of many physicians; but, take the best of them, how far are they from perfection? A sound regimen produces excellent effects. When I feel indisposed, by observing a strict diet and going to bed early, I generally manage to get round again, that is, if I can keep my mind tolerably at rest. I have no objection to the doctors acting upon certain theories, but, at the same time, they must not expect us to be the slaves of their fancies.” IfsFeelsMindI CanCertainSoundActingHealingEffectsProduceTheoryBedSkillsPerfectionDoctorsMedicineSlaveRoundsRefuseDenyManageExcellentAcknowledgeDietsFancyPhysiciansStrictObservingObjectionsGift From God Book:The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt Source: The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt
“Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription.” NeedsCasesWiseSkillsWeightMedicineChristian InspirationalTrialsProportionPhysiciansFrequencyGraciousPrescriptions Author:Isaac Newton