Homer Smith quotes

“Superficially, it might be said that the function of the kidneys is to make urine; but in a more considered view one can say that the kidneys make the stuff of philosophy itself.”
-- Homer Smith

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“The responsibility for maintaining the composition of the blood in respect to other constituents devolves largely upon the kidneys. It is no exaggeration to say that the composition of the blood is determined not by what the mouth ingests but by what the kidneys keep; they are the master chemists of our internal environment, which, so to speak, they synthesize in reverse.”
-- Homer Smith

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“Recognizing that we have the kind of blood we have because we have the kind of kidneys we have, we must acknowledge that our kidneys constitute the major foundation of our philosophical freedom. Only because they work the way they do has it become possible for us to have bones, muscles, glands and brains. Superficially, it might be said that the function of the kidney is to make urine; but in a more considered view one can say that the kidneys make the stuff of philosophy itself.”
-- Homer Smith

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“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”

“The study of crippled, stunted, immature, and unhealthy specimens can yield only a cripple psychology and a cripple philosophy”

“A cold atheistical materialism is the tendency of the so-called material philosophy of the present day.”

“I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy”

“Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief.”

“As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.”

“For diabetes in particular, we know there's a relationship between lack of glucose regulation and complications like blindness and kidney failure. So if you were diabetic and you knew that you could get your glucose in a tight, normal range just by adjusting your lifestyle, wouldn't that be great?”

Source : "Why doctors need to embrace their digital future now". Interview with Thomas Goetz, www.wired.com. January 31, 2012.

“I had a test on my kidneys a few weeks back and found out I have two.”

“What about my brain? What about my heart? What about my kidneys and my gallbladder?”

“A patient healthy enough to undergo a kidney transplant might someday no longer need dialysis. That would free up a slot for a new patient.”

Source : "Kidney Patients Face Dialysis Rationing" by Sheri Fink, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 21, 2010.