Quotes About Physician

Wrath watched the doctor go through the little monitoring room and out into the hall. A moment later, she returned with the tall, thin physician. Havers bowed to him and to Beth through the glass and then went over to the monitors. Both of them assumed the identical pose: bent at the waist, hands in the pockets, brows down low over their eyes. "Do they coach them to do that in medical school?" Beth said. "Funny, I was wondering the same thing." -Beth & Wrath

Given one well-trained physician of the highest type he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.

The physician must give heed to the region in which the patient lives, that is to say, to its type and peculiarities.

As a physician, I know that human life begins with fertilization, and I remain committed to ending abortion in all stages of pregnancy. I will continue to fight this atrocity on behalf of the unborn, and I hope my colleagues will support me in doing so.

Where once it was the physician who waged bellum contra morbum, the war against disease, now it's the whole society.

Only the wounded physician heals.

A physician who is a lover of wisdom is the equal to a god.

The Egyptians said that a physician could cure only if his heart was moved and his emotions engaged in behalf of a patient

The Chinese physician, in contrast, directs his or her attention to the complete physiological and psychological individual. All relevant information, including the symptom as well as the patient's other general characteristics, is gathered and woven together until it forms what Chinese medicine calls a "pattern of disharmony." This pattern of disharmony describes a situation of "imbalance" in a patient's body.

It's such a long mission and we get to spend so much time in space... we're doing such exciting research. And I don't want to overemphasize the life science research, but as a physician the life science research that we're doing is extremely exciting.

It is said to be the manner of hypochondriacs to change often their physician.

Some patients, though conscious that their condition is perilous, recover their health simply through their contentment with the goodness of the physician.

The patient's autonomy always, always should be respected, even if it is absolutely contrary - the decision is contrary to best medical advice and what the physician wants.

But what physician has not had patients who don't make any sense at all? To tell the truth, they're our stock-in-trade. We talk and write about the ones we can make sense of.

A greater subject fitteth Faustus' wit: Bid Economy10 farewell, and11 Galen come, Seeing, Ubi desinit philosophus, ibi incipit medicus: Be a physician, Faustus; heap up gold, And be eterniz'd for some wondrous cure: Summum bonum medicinae sanitas, The end of physic is our body's health.

I learned very early that our health is always impaired by some excess either of food or abstinence, and I never had any physician except myself

With respect to the gout, the physician is but a lout. (Que ha la gota el medico no vee gota.)

There is no physician like cheerful thought for dissipating the ills of the body; there is no comforter to compare with goodwill for dispersing the shadows of grief and sorrow.

REFERENCE RANGES FOR TOTAL VITAMIN D Total Vitamin D (ng/mL) Category Greater than 85 High 25 to 85 Normal Less than 25 Low Target Range: Ranges vary for individuals, so consult your physician.

Everybody trusted Cronkite because he reminded them of their favorite uncle or trusted family physician. Being square in the age of the Beatles made Cronkite retro cool.

A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.

We must advocate for policies that stabilize our health care markets, lower premiums and drug costs, protect Medicare and address Nevada's physician residency shortage.

I have sat with countless patients and families to discuss grim prognoses: It's one of the most important jobs physicians have. It's easier when the patient is 94, in the last stages of dementia, and has a severe brain bleed. For young people like me - I am 36 - given a diagnosis of cancer, there aren't many words.

A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.