Old Testament: Apocrypha Ecclesiasticus ch.6 v.1
A faithful friend is the medicine of life.
The Bible (Authorized Version)
Old Testament: Proverds ch.17 v.22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.
Chekhov Anton 1860-1904
Medicene is my lawful wife. Literature is my mistress.
Fisher Martin H.
The practice of medicine is a thinker's art,
the practice of surgery a plumber's.
Latham Peter
Common sense is in medicine the master workman.
Leacock Stephen 1869-1944
The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class
as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.
Osler William 1849-1919
The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature
which distinguishes man from animals.
Osler William 1849-1919
One on the first duties of the physician is to
educate the masses not to take medicine.
Schick Béla 1877-1967
It is very difficult to slow down. The practice of medicine is like the heart muscle's contraction - it's all or none.
Shakespeare William 1564-1616
Measure for Measure
The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope:
I have hope to live and am prepared to die.
Szasz Thomas 1920-
The Second Sin ‘Science and Scientism'
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.
Tarshis Jerome
The history of medicine is a story of amazing foolishness and amazing intelligence.
Tronchin Théodore 1709-1781
In medicine, sins of commission are mortal, sins of omission venial.
White Paul Dudley 1886-1973
A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.