Michael Drayton –
English poet
Past cure, past care.
England’s Heroical Epistles‘Richard the Second to Queene
Isabel’ ()
John Dryden –
English poet and playwright
There is pleasure, sure,
In being mad, which none but madmen know.
The Spanish FriarII. ii
Louis I. Dublin c.–
US epidemiologist
Each advancing age period of life shows a steady
and consistent rise in suicide frequency.
Attributed
Rene J. Dubos –
French-born US bacteriologist
Physicians and public health officials, like soldiers,
are always equipped to fight the last war.
The Dreams of ReasonCh. IV
In medicine even more than in other fields of
science, theories and practice have always been
under the sway ofa prioriphilosophical attitudes
and rationalized beliefs.
The Dreams of ReasonCh. IV
The mind can be a piercing search-light which
reveals many of the hidden mysteries of the world,
but unfortunately, it often causes such a glare that
it prevents the eyes from seeing the natural objects
which should serve as guideposts in following the
ways of nature.
Louis Pasteur, Free Lance of ScienceCh. V
The epidemic of syphilis which spread through all
of Europe in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth
century gave many physicians frequent occasions
to observe, often in the form of a personal
experience, that a given disease can pass from one
individual to another.
Louis Pasteur, Free Lance of ScienceCh. IX
It can be said that each civilization has a pattern
of disease peculiar to it.
Industrial Medicine and Surgery: ()
Throughout nature, infection without disease is
the rule rather than the exception.
Man AdaptingCh. VII
If men allow themselves to continue breeding like
rabbits, their fate will inevitably be to live like
rabbits, a precarious and limited existence.
Man AdaptingCh. IX
DDT went further toward the eradication of
malariologists than of mosquitoes.
Man AdaptingCh. XIV
Epidemics have often been more influential than
statesmen and soldiers in shaping the course of
political history, and diseases may also colour the
moods of civilizations.
The White PlagueCh. VThere is no evidence that tuberculosis breeds
genius. The probability is rather, that eagerness for
achievement often leads to a way of life that
renders the body less resistant to infection.
The White PlagueCh. VLouis Adolphus Duhring –
US dermatologistThe power of making a correct diagnosis is the
key to all success in the treatment of skin diseases;
without this faculty, the physician can never be a
thorough dermatologist, and therapeutics at once
cease to hold their proper position, and become
empirical.
American Journal of Syphilography and Dermatology:
()Alexandre Dumas –
French novelistA good surgeon operates with his hand,
not with his heart.
AttributedDr Dunlop
You notice that the tabetic has the power of
holding water for an indefinite period. He also is
impotent—in fact two excellent properties to
possess for a quiet day on the river.
Teaching at Charing Cross Hospital, LondonFinley Peter Dunne (‘Mr Dooley’)
–
American humoristI wondher why ye can always read a doctor’s bill
an’ ye niver can read his purscription.
Mr. Dooley Says‘Drugs’Baron Guillaume Dupuytren
–
Chief surgeon Hôtel Dieu, ParisRead little, see much, do much.
(Peu lire, beaucoup voir, beaucoup faire)
AttributedLawrence Durrell –
British novelist
Poor honest sex, like dying, should be a private
matter.
Prospero’s CellCh. ·