[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.
Napoleon Bonaparte More medicine quotes
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.
Dr. Martin Henry Fischer More quotes about drugs, medicine
One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
Alice James More medicine quotes
Sir William Osler (Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings (1961) p. 105)
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Sir William Osler (In H. Cushing, Life of Sir William Osler (1925))
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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) More medicine quotes
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") More medicine quotes