All William Osler Quotes
It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.
William Osler
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Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.
William Osler
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The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
William Osler
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The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
William Osler
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In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.
William Osler
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One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.
William Osler
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The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.
William Osler
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The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
William Osler
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What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?
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Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.
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The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.
William Osler
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The first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.
William Osler
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We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.
William Osler
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