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Tuesday, March 31. 2015

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"It is much more important to know what sort of a patient has a disease than what sort of a disease a patient has."


Dr. William Osler (he was one heck of a fellow). I found that quote in Dr. Pies' The War on Psychiatric Diagnosis


Another Oslerism: "Listen to your patient. He is telling you his diagnosis."

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Quotidian Quotable Quote (QQQ) at 15:21 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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A better example might be the life of Charles M. Schwab. He engineered the creation of US Steel in part from Carnegie Steel Company, and became its first president. He became fabulously wealthy but lost most of it in the 1929 crash. He eventually died penniless.

The rich don't always get richer and the poor don't have to become poorer.
#1 mudbug on 2015-03-31 16:18 (Reply)
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#1.1 mudbug on 2015-03-31 16:20 (Reply)
"Dr. William Osler (he was one heck of a fellow)."

He was indeed. One of three famous Canadian brothers. Well, more famous in their day (how soon we forget our historical legacies, eh?).

As a teenager, I used to camp with my buddies in the ruins of Osler Castle on Blue Mountain, Georgian Bay, Ontario. It had been the summer estate of Britton Bath Osler, who was a successful lawyer.

The third Osler was Edmund Boyd who, among his other philanthropic endeavours, was involved with the Toronto General Hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children (fondly known to everyone in Ontario as "Sick Kids") and the Royal Ontario Museum.
#2 JJM on 2015-03-31 20:14 (Reply)

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