William Osler
Father of modern medicine, transformed medical education
Quotes by William Osler
The educated man is not the man who knows much, but the man who knows how to find out what he doesn't know.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
The man who does not read is no better than the man who cannot read.
The practice of medicine is not a trade, but a profession; not a business, but a calling.
The chief function of the physician is to prevent disease.
The physician must be a man of science and a man of art.
The student of medicine is a student of humanity.
The physician is the natural attorney of the sick.
The greatest teacher is experience.
The best way to cure a disease is to prevent it.
The physician is a student of nature.
The physician is a student of man.
The physician is a student of life.
The physician is a student of the world.
The physician is a student of the universe.
The physician is a student of everything.
The physician is a student of nothing.
To have a full, rich life, you must have a full, rich mind.
Live not for the day, but for the morrow.
The higher the intellectual development of a people, the more fully do they recognize the spiritual nature of the universe.