Oxford Dictionary of Medical Qoutations #2

"There is no short cut, nor ‘royal road’ to the attainment of medical knowledge"


- John Abernethy (1764-1831) English Surgeon, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London

Oxford Dictionary of Medical Qoutations #1

Raanan Gillon – British professor of medical ethics

Meanwhile the medical profession—with our awesome and to some terrifying powers over life and death—must continue to earn that public trust by being absolutely clear that the law as it stands means we must never treat our patients with the intent of accelerating their deaths.

British Medical Journal 318:1432(1999)