Alcohol does not make us do things better; it just makes us less ashamed of doing them badly.
William Osler citado em "Alcohol problems and alcoholism: a comprehensive survey" - Página 52, de James E. Royce - Publicado por Free Press, 1989, ISBN 0029275415, 9780029275412 - 410 páginas
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William Osler Frases famosas
“Mais pessoas morrem por comerem e beberem demais do que pela espada.”
more people are killed by over eating and drinking than by the sword.
Aequanimitas - Página 270, Sir William Osler - P. Blakiston's Sons & Co., 1904 - 389 páginas
William Osler: Frases em inglês
“There are three classes of human beings: men, women and women physicians.”
As quoted in Women in Medicine (1968) by Carol Lopate and Josiah Macy, Jr., p. 178.
As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 678.
On the Educational Value of the Medical Society (1903)
“When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances fit in with them.”
"Internal Medicine as a Vocation" Address to the New York Academy of Medicine (1897); later published in Aequanimitas, and Other Addresses (1905).
Vol. I, Ch. 24 : "The Fixed Period".
The Life of Sir William Osler (1925)
"After Twenty Five Years", an address at McGill College, Montreal (1899); later published in Aequanimitas : With other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses and Practitioners of Medicine (1910), p. 210.
"Books and Men" in Boston Medical and Surgical Journal (1901).
"The Student Life" in The Medical News (30 September 1905).
“The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.”
Vol. II, p. 342.
The Life of Sir William Osler (1925)
“A physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient.”
Fonte: Sir William Osler : Aphorisms (1961), Ch. 1.
Vol. I, Ch. 24 : "The Fixed Period'".
The Life of Sir William Osler (1925)
Address at Johns Hopkins Hospital (1897); later published in Aequanimitas, and Other Addresses (1905).
“Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.”
As quoted in Computers in biomedical research (1965) by Ralph W. Stacy, p. 320.
The Treatment of Disease Can Lancet 1909;42:899-912.
Chauvinism in Medicine (1902)
Alcohol in St. Elizabeth Parish Magazine (1905). As quoted in Counsels and ideals from the writings of William Osler (1921, 2nd edition) http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hc1qm3;view=1up;seq=295
In reference to "On Chorea" (1872) by George Huntington on what is now known as Huntington's Disease, as quoted in "Huntington's Chorea" by Irwin A. Brody and Robert H. Wilkins in Archives of Neurology Vol. 17, No. 3 (1967). The acclaim Huntington received for this paper, his first, from Osler and others, he would later refer to as an "unsought, unlooked for honor."
“Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.”
Fonte: Sir William Osler : Aphorisms (1961), p. 134.
The Faith that Heals (1910)
