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    Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing

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A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.

A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.

by Douglas Jerrold Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel.
[Lat., Crudelem medicum intemperans aeger facit.]

A disorderly patient makes the physician cruel.
[Lat., Crudelem medicum intemperans aeger facit.]

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(Macbeth:) How does your patient, doctor?
(Doctor:) Not so sick, my lord,
As she is troubled with read more

(Macbeth:) How does your patient, doctor?
(Doctor:) Not so sick, my lord,
As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies
That keep her from her rest.
(Macbeth:) Cure her of that!
Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased,
Pluck from the memory of a rooted sorrow,
Raze out the written troubles of the brain,
And with some sweet oblivious antidote
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of the perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart?
(Doctor:) Therein the patient
Must minister to himself.
(Macbeth:) Throw physic to the dogs, I'll none of it!

by William Shakespeare Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and read more

Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

by Anton Chekhov Found in: Doctors Quotes,
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He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.

He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.

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Laughter is the best medicine.

Laughter is the best medicine.

by Proverb Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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Take physic, pomp;
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
That thou mayst shake the superflux to read more

Take physic, pomp;
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
That thou mayst shake the superflux to them
And show the heavens more just.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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A single doctor likes a sculler plies,
And all his art and all his physic tries;
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A single doctor likes a sculler plies,
And all his art and all his physic tries;
But two physicians, like a pair of oars,
Conduct you soonest to the Stygian shores.

by Bible Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.

Medicine can only cure curable diseases, and then not always.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Medicine Quotes,
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