A smart mother makes often a better diagnosis than a poor doctor. ~August Bier (1861–1949), quoted in Maurice B. Strauss, Familiar Medical Quotations, 1968

A man who cannot work without his hypodermic needle is a poor doctor. The amount of narcotic you use is inversely proportional to your skill. ~Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

The patient has the right to accept your advice or to ignore it. ~Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

In the nineteenth century men lost their fear of God and acquired a fear of microbes. ~Author unknown, c.1930s