further on the good doctor theme

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

A doctor who cannot take a good history and a patient who cannot give one are in danger of giving and receiving bad treatment. ~paul dudley white.

Physicians and politicians resemble one another in this respect, that some defend the constitution and others destroy it. ~Author Unknown

Here's good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee. ~Martin H. Fischer

The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease. ~French Proverb

The fact that your patient gets well does not prove that your diagnosis was correct. ~Samuel J. Meltzer

One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb

Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you, too. ~Anton Chekhov, Ivanov




Cancer is a word, not a sentence. ~John Diamond


A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb

Until a physician has killed one or two he is not a physician. ~Kashmiri Proverb

When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb

and lastly

It is a mathematical fact that fifty percent of all doctors graduate in the bottom half of their class. ~Author Unknown