Memorable Quotes and quotations from Sir William Osler

Sir William Osler British (Canadian-born) physician (1849 - 1919)


Sir William Osler - Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings (1961) p. 105
- One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

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- To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.

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- Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought.

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- Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.

Sir William Osler - In H. Cushing, Life of Sir William Osler (1925)
- The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.