Shana Alexander Quotes

Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with medicine, it's still about medicine. After all, what is medicine but life plus? So I write about life.

The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

Please keep in mind the distinction between healing and treatment: treatment originates from outside, whereas healing comes from within.

The art of healing is like an unroofed temple, uncovered at the top and cracked at the foundation.

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.

Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.

To feel our ills is one thing, but to cure them is another.

Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.

Studios are like hospitals. A lot of people check in, and they don't check out.

Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.

I believe in prescription drugs. I believe in feeling better.

Hospitals are about healing.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

If I wasn't a designer, I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give you a tablet if you have a headache, and I will give you a dress, and we both make you feel good.

Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching.

Nature can do more than physicians.

I wanted to be a surgeon, possibly influenced by the qualities of our family doctor who cared for our childhood ailments.

If we can make the correct diagnosis, the healing can begin. If we can't, both our personal health and our economy are doomed.

He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.

All should take care of the sick

Medical attention is medical attention, whether it's for your elbow or for your teeth or for your brain. And it's important.

If we become ill, modern medicine can work healing miracles.

In one way, I want to heal people.

I'm a strong believer in modern medicine. I think it has its use in society. I think it adds longevity to our life expectancy.