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Literature is full of examples of remarkable cures through the influence of the imagination, which is only an active phase of faith. (William Osler)
We can only instill principles, put the student in the right path, give him method, teach him how to study, and early to discern between essentials and non-essentials. View quote
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The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest, and not inferior to either in her mission. View quote
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There seems to be no limit to the possibilities of scientific medicine, and while philanthropists are turning to it as to the hope of humanity, philosophers see, as in some far-off vision, a science from which may come in the prophetic words of the Son of Sirach, "Peace over all the earth." View quote
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In the history of medicine, there are few instances in which a disease has been more accurately, more graphically or more briefly described. View quote
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While in general use for centuries, one good result of the recent development of mental healing has been to call attention to its great value as a measure to be carefully and scientifically applied in suitable cases. My experience has been that of the unconscious rather than the deliberate faith healer. Phenomenal, even what could be called miraculous, cures are not very uncommon. Like others, I have had cases any one of which, under suitable conditions, could have been worthy of a shrine or made the gem of a pilgrimage. View quote
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Common sense in matters medical is rare, and is usually in inverse ratio to the degree of education. View quote
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It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has. View quote
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The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely. View quote
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Observe, record, tabulate, communicate. Use your five senses. Learn to see, learn to hear, learn to feel, learn to smell, and know that by practice alone you can become expert. View quote
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There is no disease more conducive to clinical humility than aneurysm of the aorta. (William Osler)
The young physician starts life with 20 drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for 20 diseases. View quote
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No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher. View quote
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It is much simpler to buy books than to read them and easier to read them than to absorb their contents. View quote
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The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it. View quote
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The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow. View quote
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In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions. View quote
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What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp? View quote
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Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows. View quote
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Shakespeare gets to the root of the alcohol question in his well-known statement-'Good wine is a good, familiar creature if it be well used. View quote
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The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget. (William Osler)
I have had three personal ideals: One to do the day's work well and not to bother about tomorrow. View quote
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And the master-word is Work, a little one, as I have said, but fraught with momentous sequences if you can but write it on the tablets of your hearts and bind it upon your foreheads. View quote
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You can have a good deal of both if you only keep them separate. The worry comes from the attempt at mixture. View quote
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Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith - the one great moving force which we can neither weigh in the balance nor test in the crucible. Intangible as the ether, ineluctable as gravitation, the radium of the moral and mental spheres, mysterious, indefinable, known only by its effects, faith pours out an unfailing stream of energy while abating nor jot nor tittle of its potency. View quote
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