Medicine Quotes

The heart is not just an organ; it is the very rhythm of human existence.

I dressed him, God cured him.

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who has the disease.

The most important thing in medicine is to be a good listener. The patient will tell you what's wrong if you just listen.

The body is a machine, but it is a machine that feels.

To be ourselves we must have ourselves – possess, if need be re-possess, our bodies, our thoughts, our feelings.

The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world.

We are not just brains in a jar. We are bodies, and we are social creatures. And our lives are lived in the world, with other people.

The best medicine is love and laughter. The worst side effects are none.

Success is not measured by what you achieve, but by the obstacles you overcome.

The scientist's work is not to prove a theory, but to find out what is true.

It's a lot more fun to be a pediatrician than a surgeon.

I did not think; I investigated.

If the physician is a philosopher, he is the best of physicians.

A physician who cannot enter the innermost soul of the patient with the lamp of knowledge and understanding can never treat diseases.

A physician who knows the science of surgery, but is ignorant of medicine, is like a bird with one wing.

The heart is a pump, but it is also a symbol of life, love, and humanity.

The Pap smear is a simple, inexpensive, and highly effective method for the early detection of cervical cancer.

The discovery of the sulfonamides opened a new era in the fight against infectious diseases.

The differences in human blood are constant and hereditary.