William Osler


“One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.”

-William Osler

“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.”

-William Osler

“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.”

-William Osler

“No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher.”

-William Osler

“We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.”

-William Osler

“Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.”

-William Osler