There is a great difference between a good physician and a bad one; yet very little between a good one and none at all.

It should be the function of medicine to have people die young as late as possible.

A physician is one who pours drugs of which he knows little into a body of which he knows less.

There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse.

When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses before zebras.

The physician cannot prescribe by letter, he must feel the pulse.

The surgeon practices on the orphan's head.

No man is a good physician who has never been sick.

Time is generally the best doctor.

Modern science is still trying to produce a tranquilizer more effective than a few kind words.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.

The true miracle of modern medicine is diabolical. It consists in making not only individuals but whole populations survive on inhumanly low levels of personal health.

Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.

Patience is the best medicine.

Oh, the powers of nature! She knows what we need, and the doctors know nothing.

For 30 years my patients have walked out on me. And I'm proud of it.

All them surgeons - they're highway robbers. Why do you think they wear masks when they work on you?

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

I dressed his wounds; God healed him.

Our doctor would never really operate unless it was necessary. He was just that way. If he didn't need the money, he wouldn't lay a hand on you.