Every Patient You See Is A Lesson

The Practice Of Medicine Is An Art, Not A Trade; A Calling, Not A Business; A Calling In Which Your Heart Will Be Exercised Equally With Your Head. Often The Best Part Of Your Work Will Have Nothing To Do With Potions And Powders, But With The Exercise Of An Influence Of The Strong Upon The Weak, Of The Righteous Upon The Wicked, Of The Wise Upon The Foolish.

Look Wise, Say Nothing, And Grunt. Speech Was Given To Conceal Thought.

Medicine Is A Science Of Uncertainty And An Art Of Probability.

Conservatism And Old Fogeyism Are Totally Different Things; The Motto Of One Is "prove All Things And Hold Fast That Which Is Good" And Of The Other "prove Nothing But Hold Fast That Which Is Old."

Engrossed Late And Soon In Professional Cares, Getting And Spending, You May May So Lay Waste Your Powers That You May Find, Too Late, With Hearts Given Away, That T Here Is No Place In Your Habit-stricken Souls For Those Gentler Influences Which Make Your Life Worth Living.