“The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“Ask not what disease the person has, but rather what person the disease has”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“the person who takes medicine must recover twice,once from the disease ,and once from the medicine.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
"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 (1849-1919)
"Gentlemen, I have a confession to make. Half of what we have taught you is in error, and furthermore we cannot tell you which half it is"
― William Osler (1849-1919)
"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."
― William Osler (1849-1919)
"The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it."
― William Osler (1849-1919)
"The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressure into passive receptacles..."
― William Osler (1849-1919)
"The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases."
― William Osler (1849-1919)
“Alcohol is for the elderly what milk is for the young.”
― William Osler (1849-1919)
"Patients should have rest, food, fresh air, and exercise - the quadrangle of health."
― William Osler (1849-1919)