The young physician starts life with twenty drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for twenty diseases.


Aphorisms from His Bedside Teachings and Writings (1950, ed. William Bennett Bean)

William Osler Quotes

The young physician starts life with twenty drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for twenty diseases.

The young physician starts life with twenty drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for twenty diseases.

The young physician starts life with twenty drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for twenty diseases.

The young physician starts life with twenty drugs for each disease, and the old physician ends life with one drug for twenty diseases.