One Of The First Duties Of The Physician Is To Educate The Masses Not To Take Medicine.
- Sir William Osler
Formerly, When Religion Was Strong And Science Weak, Men Mistook Magic For Medicine; Now, When Science Is Strong And Religion Weak, Men Mistake Medicine For Magic.
- Thomas Szasz
Let’s Not Kid Ourselves. Whatever We Diagnose, Most Patients, If They Don’t Die, Get Well By Themselves. Our Job Is Mainly To Try To Make Them Feel Better; Do No Harm.
- Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
The Cure For Anything Is Salt Water… Tears, Sweat Or The Sea.
- Unknown
Orthodox Medicine Has Not Found An Answer To Your Complaint. However, Luckily For You, I Happen To Be A Quack.
- Richter cartoon caption
[Medicine Is] A Collection Of Uncertain Prescriptions The Results Of Which, Taken Collectively, Are More Fatal Than Useful To Mankind.
- Napoleon Bonaparte
The Art Of Medicine Consists In Amusing The Patient While Nature Cures The Disease.
- Voltaire
Half Of The Modern Drugs Could Well Be Thrown Out Of The Window, Except That The Birds Might Eat Them.
- Dr. Martin Henry Fischer
That’s The Thing About Pain, It Demands To Be Felt.
One Has A Greater Sense Of Intellectual Degradation After An Interview With A Doctor Than From Any Human Experience.
- Alice James
The Desire To Take Medicine Is Perhaps The Greatest Feature Which Distinguishes Man From Animals.
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