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[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.
Dr. Martin Henry Fischer
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One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
Alice James
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One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.
Sir William Osler (Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings (1961) p. 105)
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The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.
Sir William Osler (In H. Cushing, Life of Sir William Osler (1925))
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Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.
Jewish Proverb
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Let's not kid ourselves. Whatever we diagnose, most patients, if they don't die, get well by themselves. Our job is mainly to try to make them feel better; do no harm.
Andrew Schneider (Northern Exposure, Wake Up Call, 1992)
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Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.
Thomas Szasz (The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism")
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