quotations about doctors
Physicians are, some of them, so pleasing and conformable to the humor of the patient, as they press not the true cure of the disease; and some other are so regular, in proceeding according to art for the disease, as they respect not sufficiently the condition of the patient. Take one of a middle temper; or if it may not be found in one man, combine two of either sort; and forget not to call as well, the best acquainted with your body, as the best reputed of for his faculty.
FRANCIS BACON
"Of Regiment Of Health", The Essays or Counsels
My doctor is wonderful. Once when I couldn't afford an operation, he touched up the X-rays.
JOEY BISHOP
attributed, The Mammoth Book of Zingers
Doctors don't seem to realize that most of us are perfectly content not having to visualize ourselves as animated bags of skin filled with obscene glop.
JOE HALDEMAN
The Forever War
Doctors are the same as lawyers, the sole difference being that lawyers only rob you, but doctors rob you and kill you too.
ANTON CHEKHOV
Ivanov
Doctors are great--as long as you don't need them.
EDWARD E. ROSENBAUM
A Taste of My Own Medicine: When the Doctor Is the Patient
A great doctor kills more people than a great general.
G.W. LEIBNIZ
attributed, The New International Dictionary of Quotations
I think you might dispense with half your doctors, if you would only consult Doctor Sun more, and be more under the treatment of those great hydropathic doctors, the clouds!
HENRY WARD BEECHER
Royal Truths
An ignorant doctor is the aide-de-camp of death.
AVICENNA
attributed, Day's Collacon
The man who doctors himself with the aid of medical books, runs the risk of dying of a typographical error.
EVAN ESAR
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