Johann Wagner –
German pathologist
The auditory nerves were atrophied. The
convolutions of the brain, which was rather soft
and oedematous, seemed to be twice as deep and
twice as numerous as normal.
Report on post-mortem of Ludwig van Beethoven in
Beethoven HandbuchVol. (Hans Waine)
Arthur M.Walker –
I would like to remind those responsible for the
treatment of tuberculosis that Keats wrote his best
poems while dying of this disease. In my opinion
he would never have done so under the influence
of modern chemotherapy.
Quoted in Walkerismsby Julius L. Wilson
Andrew Wall
Contemporary health scientist, University of
Birmingham, UK
Health service managers usually work with
utilitarian assumptions and may describe their
obligation as one of maximising benefits to the
greatest number of patients. Doctors and other
professionals may find this view at odds with their
responsibility to their individual patient.
Quoted in Whistleblowing in the Health Servicep. ,
Geoffrey Hunt. Edwin Arnold, London ()
Patrick David Wall –
Professor of Anatomy, University College, London
The immediate origins of misery and suffering
need immediate attention. The old methods of care
and caring had to be rediscovered and the best of
modern medicine had to be turned to the task of
new study and therapy specifically directed at pain.
Pain: –()
Alfred R.Wallace –
British naturalist and traveller
The Darwinian theory, even when carried out to
its extreme logical conclusion, not only does not
oppose, but lends a decided support to, a belief in
the spiritual nature of man.
DarwinismsCh.
W. A.Wallis
British statistician
Statistics may be defined as ‘a body of methods for
making wise decisions in the face of uncertainty’.
Statistics, A New Approach. Methuen, London ()
Horace Walpole –
English writer
When people will not weed their own minds, they
are apt to be overrun with nettles.
Letter to Lady Ailesbury, July ()
Sir Francis Martin Rouse Walshe
–
British clinical neurologist
It is therefore reasonable to think that anyone
who has spent a long professional life in medicine
must have something to hand on—however small
or modest.
Canadian Medical Association Journal: ()
Symposia, like hard liquor, should be taken in
reasonable measure, at appropriate intervals.
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine: ()Izaak Walton –
English writerLook to your health: and if you have it, praise God,
and value it next to a good conscience;
The Compleat AnglerPt , Ch. Owen Wangensteen –
US surgeonFor the difficult surgery of today, a sturdy pair of
legs is also an indispensable necessity!
Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics: ()Charles Dudley Warner –
US writerIn the minds of the public, there is mystery about
the practice of medicine.
AttributedJohn Collins Warren –
US surgeonA hospital is an institution absolutely essential to
a medical school, and one which would afford
relief and comfort to thousands of the sick and
miserable.
Fund-raising letter, August ()Well, Sir, your patient is ready!
Gentlemen, this is no humbug!
Attributed to Warren on witnessing the first ether
anaesthetic in Boston in Benjamin Waterhouse –
Cannot wisdom devise a plan of social intercourse
independent of the stimulus of the bottle?
Cautions to Young Persons Concerning HealthDavid Waters
Contemporary US cardiac surgeonWhen applying a new technique or
instrumentation, do not test the waters with both
feet at the same time.
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