John Abernethy 1764-1831
Private patients, if they do not like me, can go elsewhere; but the poor devils in the hospital I am bound to take care of.
Memoirs of John Abernethy Ch. 5, George Macilwain
The hospital is the only proper College in which to rear a true disciple of Aesculapius.
Memoirs of John Abernethy Ch. 5, George Macilwain
There is no short cut, nor ‘royal road’ to the attainment of medical knowledge.
Hunterian Oration (1819)
Source: Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations by Peter McDonald
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