Daniel Drake Quote

[There is no era in the life of a physician] in which his self-complacency is so exalted, as the time which passes between receiving his diploma with its blue ribbon, and receiving crepe and gloves, to wear at the funeral of his first patient.


Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery, New Series, II:355, October, 1844


[There is no era in the life of a physician] in which his self-complacency is so exalted, as the time which passes between receiving his diploma with ...

[There is no era in the life of a physician] in which his self-complacency is so exalted, as the time which passes between receiving his diploma with ...

[There is no era in the life of a physician] in which his self-complacency is so exalted, as the time which passes between receiving his diploma with ...

[There is no era in the life of a physician] in which his self-complacency is so exalted, as the time which passes between receiving his diploma with ...