medical advice quotes

I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.

My doctor told me I shouldn’t work out until I’m in better shape. I told him, ‚All right; don’t send me a bill until I pay you.‘

Do not meet or overtake a patient who is moving about in order to speak to him or to give him any message or letter. You might just as well give him a box on the ear. I have seen a patient fall flat on the ground who was standing when his nurse came into the room.

The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years.

Everything you do in a patient’s room, after he is ‚put up‘ for the night, increases tenfold the risk of his having a bad night. But, if you rouse him up after he has fallen asleep, you do not risk – you secure him a bad night.

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.