Thomas Addis 1881-1949

Thomas Addis 1881-1949
US physician, San Francisco
When the patient dies the kidneys may go to the pathologist, but while he lives the urine is ours. It can provide us day by day, month by month, and year by year, with a serial story of the major events going on within the kidney.
Glomerular Nephritis, Diagnosis and Treatment Ch. 1

A clinician is complex. He is part craftsman, part practical scientist, and part historian.
Glomerular Nephritis, Diagnosis and Treatment Ch. 5

Source: Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations by Peter McDonald

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