The extraordinary development of modern science may be her undoing. Specialism, now a necessity, has fragmented the specialities themselves in a way that makes the outlook hazardous. The workers lose all sense of proportion in a maze of minutiae.
William OslerGentlemen, I have a confession to make. Half of what we have taught you is in error, and furthermore we cannot tell you which half it is
William OslerPersonally, I do not see in Canada it would be a feasible thing if any Ministry organized taking over both the Health and the Disease of the entire community... even in the most favourable circumstances... there would be that absence of competition and that sense of independence... I do not believe it would be good for the profession or good for the Public.
William OslerHe who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.
William Osler