890 Quotes About Medicine

The lowest-hanging fruit in preventative medicine is just to really focus on nutrition.

Although the Chinese had used opium as a medicine, there was no widespread addiction before the British arrived.

He (Tiberius) was wont to mock at the arts of physicians, and at those who, after thirty years of age, needed counsel as to what was good or bad for their bodies.

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

Make hunger thy sauce, as a medicine for health.

She felt the familiar calmness of an emergency, but she understood the falseness of that feeling, now that it was her life at stake.

Society and medicine treat us all as members of populations, whereas as individuals we are all unique, and population statistics do not apply.

I begin with the premise that behavior is an incredibly important element in medicine. Peoples habits, their willingness to quit smoking, their willingness to take steps to avoid transmission of HIV, are all behavioral questions.

Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements.