Samuel Johnson Quote

A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is for the most part totally casual; they that employ him know not his excellence; they that reject him know not his deficiency.

In: William Osler, Aequanimitas, with Other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses, and, Practitioners of Medicine, Preceding Chapter VIII (p. 132)

A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is for the most part totally casual; they that employ ...

A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is for the most part totally casual; they that employ ...

A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is for the most part totally casual; they that employ ...

A physician in a great city seems to be the mere plaything of fortune; his degree of reputation is for the most part totally casual; they that employ ...