Physician Quotes

“A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.”

“A physician without a knowledge of Astrology has no right to call himself a physician.”

“The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease. ”

“The good physician treats the disease the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”

“I trained initially as a physical chemist, and then, after becoming interested in biology, I went to medical school and learned how to be a physician. So, I'm a physician scientist.”

“Until fairly recently, every family had a cornucopia of favorite home remedies--plants and household items that could be prepared to treat minor medical emergencies, or to prevent a common ailment becoming something much more serious. Most households had someone with a little understanding of home cures, and when knowledge fell short, or more serious illness took hold, the family physician or village healer would be called in for a consultation, and a treatment would be agreed upon. In those days we took personal responsibility for our health--we took steps to prevent illness and were more aware of our bodies and of changes in them. And when illness struck, we frequently had the personal means to remedy it. More often than not, the treatment could be found in the garden or the larder. In the middle of the twentieth century we began to change our outlook. The advent of modern medicine, together with its many miracles, also led to a much greater dependency on our physicians and to an increasingly stretched healthcare system. The growth of the pharmaceutical industry has meant that there are indeed "cures" for most symptoms, and we have become accustomed to putting our health in the hands of someone else, and to purchasing products that make us feel good. Somewhere along the line we began to believe that technology was in some way superior to what was natural, and so we willingly gave up control of even minor health problems.”

“I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician.”

“He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.”

“As a physician specializing in nutrition, my priority is to the health of the public.”

“The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.”

“Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.”