Medicine Is A Science Of Uncertainty And

A Library Represents The Mind Of Its Collector, His Fancies And Foibles, His Strength And Weakness, His Prejudices And Preferences. Particularly Is This The Case If, To The Character Of A Collector, He Adds - Or Tries To Add - The Qualities Of A Student Who Wishes To Know The Books And The Lives Of The Men Who Wrote Them. The Friendships Of His Life, The Phases Of His Growth, The Vagaries Of His Mind, All Are Represented.

But Whatever You Do, Take Neither Yourselves Nor Your Fellow-creatures Too Seriously. There Is Tragedy Enough In Our Daily Routine, But There Is Room Too For A Keen Sense Of The Absurdities And Incongruities Of Life, And In The Shifting Panorama No One Sees Better Than The Doctor The Perennial Sameness Of Men’s Ways.

The Person Who Takes Medicine Must Recover Twice, Once From The Disease And Once From The Medicine.

Start At Once A Bedside Library And Spend The Last Half Hour Of The Day In Communion With The Saints Of Humanity.

The Trained Nurse Has Become One Of The Great Blessings Of Humanity, Taking A Place Beside The Physician And The Priest.