Medical Aphorisms

■ I can imagine few settings that better reveal the nature of psychological stress than a nursing home.

——Robert Maurice Sapolsky

■ One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

——William Osler

■ The best preparation for tomorrow is to do today’s work superbly well.

——William Osler

■ In teaching the medical student，the primary requisite is keeping him awake.

——Dr.Chevalier J ackson

■ There are some patients whom we cannot help;there are none whom we cannot harm.

——Dr.A.L.Bloomfield

■ All health begins with a good night sleep.

——Irish Proverb