Literature, painting and music, do not yield an enjoyment more keen than that which is afforded by the study of medicine, and whoever does not find in it, from the commencement of his career, an almost irresistible attraction, ought to renounce the intention of following our profession.

Translated by John Rose Cormack, Lectures on Clinical Medicine, Delivered at the Hotel-Dieu (Volume 2), Introduction (pp. 4-5)