Martin H. Fischer

A good teacher must know the rules; a good pupil, the exceptions. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#good #good teacher #know #must #pupil

The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#medicine #plumber #practice #surgery #thinker

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

— Martin H. Fischer

#garbage #jargon #learn #mental #must

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

#correct #establishment #explanation #former #hypothesis

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

#death #easy #first #french #hospital

In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#cents #dollars #equals #human #room

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

#cannot #doctor #his #inversely #man

Diagnosis is not the end, but the beginning of practice. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#diagnosis #end #practice

Don't despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof. ↗

— Martin H. Fischer

#found #laboratory #lots #never #practice

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

#console #day #days #doctor #eighteen