Our doctor would never really operate unless it was necessary. He was just that way. If he didn't need the money, he wouldn't lay a hand on you.

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

I dressed his wounds; God healed him.

All them surgeons - they're highway robbers. Why do you think they wear masks when they work on you?

For 30 years my patients have walked out on me. And I'm proud of it.

Oh, the powers of nature! She knows what we need, and the doctors know nothing.

Patience is the best medicine.

Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed.

The true miracle of modern medicine is diabolical. It consists in making not only individuals but whole populations survive on inhumanly low levels of personal health.

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life.