“To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.”
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It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has.
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Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.
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The very first step towards success in any occupation is to become interested in it.
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The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.
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