{"topic":"medicine","quotes":[{"quote":"One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.","author":"Alice James"},{"quote":"Let's not kid ourselves. Whatever we diagnose, most patients, if they don't die, get well by themselves. Our job is mainly to try to make them feel better; do no harm.","author":"Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider"},{"quote":"Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.","author":"Dr. Martin Henry Fischer"},{"quote":"Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.","author":"Jewish Proverb"},{"quote":"[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.","author":"Napoleon Bonaparte"},{"quote":"Orthodox medicine has not found an answer to your complaint. However, luckily for you, I happen to be a quack.","author":"Richter cartoon caption"},{"quote":"One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.","author":"Sir William Osler"},{"quote":"The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals.","author":"Sir William Osler"},{"quote":"Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.","author":"Thomas Szasz"},{"quote":"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.","author":"Voltaire"}]}