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William Osler Quotes: Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability.
         

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


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No man is really happy or safe without a hobby.

No man is really happy or safe without a hobby.



He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.

He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.



The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.

The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.



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

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



There are three classes of human beings: men, women and women physicians.

There are three classes of human beings: men, women and women physicians.





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