All Martin H. Fischer Quotes
A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill.
Martin H. Fischer
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Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice.
Martin H. Fischer
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When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors.
Martin H. Fischer
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There is only one reason why men become addicted to drugs - they are weak men. Only strong men are cured, and they cure themselves.
Martin H. Fischer
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Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.
Martin H. Fischer
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Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.
Martin H. Fischer
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You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage.
Martin H. Fischer
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The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's.
Martin H. Fischer
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I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five.
Martin H. Fischer
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A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.
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None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'.
Martin H. Fischer
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A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.
Martin H. Fischer
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