11 Quotes & Sayings By William Osier

William Osier (1836-1923) was an American physician and writer. Osier is most famous for his book, Diseases of the Kidneys; or, Urine Troubles of all Kinds, which is still used today for teaching medical students about kidney diseases. He was one of the first renal pathologists to demonstrate successfully how kidney stones form.

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Study until twenty-five investigation until forty profession until sixty at which age I would have him retired on a double allowance. William Osier
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TheSc ots are the backbone of Canada. They are all right in their three vital parts - head heart and haggis. William Osier
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It is strange how the memory of a man may float to posterity on what he would have himself regarded as the most trifling of his works. William Osier
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The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and to beget. William Osier
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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. William Osier
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The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. William Osier
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One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine. William Osier
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In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world not to the man to whom the idea first occurs. William Osier
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The natural man has only two primal passions - to get and beget. William Osier
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Look wise say nothing and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. William Osier