Sir William Osler, 1912
January 29, 1912 – The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
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January 29, 1912 – The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
January 28, 1859 – The very first requirement in a hospital is that it should do the sick no harm
January 26 — It is the unqualified result of all my experience with the sick, that second only to their need of fresh air is their need of light
January 25, 1735 – An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
January 24, 1859 – It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm
January 23, 1977 – Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality
January 22, 2021 – Too many times in health or public health or in public life we tend to dismantle and try and rebuild
January 20, 1966 – Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.
January 19, 2025 – It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.
January 18, 2025 – The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.