The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician … - William Osler

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For some of us, the Gypsy years can go on forever. . . That isn't such a bad thing. When all is said and done, they're a lot of fun. The truth is, I liked being a Gypsy. It's who I was. And it's still a lot of who I am. Gypsy, it's a good word.

William Osler

The trained nurse has become one of the great blessings of humanity, taking a place beside the physician and the priest.

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The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head. Often the best part of your work will have nothing to do with potions and powders, but with the exercise of an influence of the strong upon the weak, of the righteous upon the wicked, of the wise upon the foolish.

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The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.

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Listen to your patient, he is telling you the diagnosis.

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Care more for the individual patient than for the special features of the disease. . . . Put yourself in his place. . . The kindly word, the cheerful greeting, the sympathetic look - these the patient understands.

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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.

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