August Bier quotes
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“Whole libraries can be filled with the papers written about cancer and its causes, but the contents of these papers fit on one little library visiting card.”
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“Medical scientists are nice people, but you should not let them treat you.”
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“A smart mother makes often a better diagnosis than a poor doctor.”
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“Medical theories are most of the time even more peculiar than the facts themselves.”
-- August Bier -
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“If there weren't so many professors, medicine would be much easier.”
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“I never say of an operation that it is without danger.”
-- August Bier
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Source : Amor Towles (2011). “Rules of Civility: A Novel”, p.323, Penguin
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