Memorable Medical Quotations-TheArtAnd Humour Of Medicine

(Adapted from Book of Quotations, publisher Geddes&Grosset Femi Adelowo Health and cheerfulness mutually begets each other- Joseph Addison, 1672-1719, English essayist There is a limit to the best of health: disease is always a near neighbor- Aeschylus, 525-456BC Greek poet I die by the help of too many physicians- Alexander the Great, 356-323BC God heals, and the doctor takes the fee- Anonymous Before all, above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they were Christ Himself- St Benedict, circa 480-547, Italian monk Be not slow to visit the sick- (Ecclesiasticus 7:35) Honour a physician with the honour due unto him for the uses, which ye may have of him: for the Lord hath created him-  (Ecclesiasticus 38:1) The Most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them (Ecclesiasticus 38:4) He that sinneth before his Maker, let him fall into the hand of the physician (Ecclesiasticus 38:12) Because all the sick do not recover, therefore medicine is no art- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43BC, Roman statesman Hes the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines- Benjamin Franklin, 1706-90, American scientist and philosopher Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger without delay on any one he wanted to worry about- Joseph Heller, 1923-1999, American novelist To lose ones health renders science null,art inglorious, strength unavailing, wealth useless and eloquence powerless- Herophilus 4th century BC Greek anatomist Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease-Hippocrates c 460-377BC Greek physician I often say a great doctor kills more people than a great general- Baron Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz, 1646-1716,German philosopher The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life, the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician-William James Mayo, 1861-1939, American physician A bad patient makes a cruel physician- Publilius Syrus 1st century BC Roman writer Psychiatry enables us to correct our faults by confessing our parents shortcomings-Laurence Johnston Peter 1919-90, Canadian-born American educator A physician who demands no fee is worth none- The Talmud, c.200 Cured yesterday of my diseaseI died last night of my physician- Mathew Prior, 1664-1721, English diplomat and poet  
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