Portal:Medicine/Quotes archive

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  • „I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be better for mankind -and all the worse for the fishes.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (September 28, 2006 - ...)
  • „… the best thing for being sad… is to learn something.” - Merlin to Arthur; The Sword in the Stone by T. H. White (September 7, 2006 - ...)
  • „Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.” - Josh Billings (August 27, 2006 - ...)
  • „Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.” - Mark Twain (August 11, 2006 - September 28)
  • „When you hear hoofbeats behind you, don't expect to see a zebra.” Theodore Woodward, MD PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine. (August 7, 2006 - September 8, 2006)
  • „We should not encourage the medical student to while away his time in the labyrinths of Chemistry and Physiology.” - Harvard Medical School professor, 1871. (August 7, 2006 - August 27)
  • „If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.” - Robert Ingersoll (August 7, 2006 - August 11)

[edit] Proposals

  • „The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
  • „A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ.” - John Steinbeck