Okay, a lot of things are said about doctors every day. We can be heroes, villains, and sometimes even the comic relief. I’ve compiled below a list of quotes concerning doctors. Some are funny, some are deadpan serious, while others are thought provoking. Enjoy.
- In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men. –Cicero
- To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine. – Henry Ward Beecher
- Medicine is the only profession that labours incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence. – James Bryce.
- The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find. – Denis Diderot
- I observe the physician with the same diligence as the disease.- John Donne
- The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes- Desiderius Erasmus
- The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated. – Plato
- Poisons and medicines are often times the same substance given with different intents. – Peter Mere Latham
- GOD and the Doctor we alike adore/ but only when in danger and not before/ The danger o’er , both are alike requited/ GOD is forgotten and the Doctor slighted.- Robert Owen
And finally;
- A short history of medicine
- 2000B.C – “Here, eat this root.”
- 1000B.C – “That root is heathen, say this prayer.”
- 1850A.D – “That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.”
- 1940A.D – “That potion is snake oil, swallow this pill.”
- 1985A.D – “That pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.”
- 2000A.D – “That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.”
Links: www.quotegarden.com; en.proverbia.net.
