24+ Martin H. Fischer Quotes On Education, Martin H Fischer And Work

Martin H. Fischer was a German-born American physician, medical writer, and educator. He was an influential figure in American medical education during the early 20th century and was known for his aphorisms and epigrams. He was a professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and his most famous work was the textbook "A Textbook of Practice of Medicine." Following is our collection on famous quotes by Martin H. Fischer on education, martin h fischer, love.

Top 10 Martin H. Fischer Quotes

1. Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.
2. Facts are not science - as the dictionary is not literature.
3. We humans are the greatest of earth's parasites.
4. A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions.
5. A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.
6. Whenever ideas fail, men invent words.
7. Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof.
8. Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these - it's a state of mind.
9. None of the great discoveries was made by a 'specialist' or a 'researcher'.
10. The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty - not marble floors and foundations.

Martin H. Fischer Short Quotes

• In diagnosis think of the easy first.
• Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.
• The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's.
• Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice.

Martin H. Fischer Quotes About Work

A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession. — Martin H. Fischer

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill. — Martin H. Fischer

Here's good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee. — Martin H. Fischer

Martin H. Fischer Famous Quotes And Sayings

First need in the reform of hospital management? That's easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef. — Martin H. Fischer

In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science. — Martin H. Fischer

There is only one reason why men become addicted to drugs - they are weak men. Only strong men are cured, and they cure themselves. — Martin H. Fischer

I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five. — Martin H. Fischer

When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors. — Martin H. Fischer

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. — Martin H. Fischer

Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science. — Martin H. Fischer