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William James Mayo
(29 Jun 1861 - 28 Jul 1939)
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Science Quotes by William James Mayo (9 quotes)
Experience hobbles progress and leads to abandonment of difficult problems; it encourages the initiated to walk on the shady side of the street in the direction of experiences that have been pleasant. Youth without experience attacks the unsolved problems which maturer age with experience avoids, and from the labors of youth comes progress. Youth has dreams and visions, and will not be denied.
— William James Mayo
Experience is the great teacher; unfortunately, experience leaves mental scars, and scar tissue contracts.
— William James Mayo
Given one well-trained physician of the highest type and he will do better work for a thousand people than ten specialists.
— William James Mayo
Specialist—A man who knows more and more about less and less.
— William James Mayo
The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life, the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician.
— William James Mayo
The examining physician often hesitates to make the necessary examination because it involves soiling the finger.
— William James Mayo
The glory of medicine is that it is constantly moving forward, that there is always more to learn. The ills of today do not cloud the horizon of tomorrow, but act as a spur to greater effort.
— William James Mayo
The stream of thought flows on but most of its segments fall into the bottomless abyss of oblivion. Of some, no memory survives the instant of their passage. Of others, it is confined to a few moments, hours or days. Others, again, leave vestiges which are indestructible, and by means of which they may be recalled as long as life endures.
— William James Mayo
Unfortunately, only a small number of patients with peptic ulcer are financially able to make a pet of an ulcer.
— William James Mayo
Quotes by others about William James Mayo (1)
As he approached the place where a meeting of doctors was being held, he saw some elegant limousines and remarked, “The surgeons have arrived.” Then he saw some cheaper cars and said, “The physicians are here, too.” ... And when he saw a row of overshoes inside, under the hat rack, he is reported to have remarked, “Ah, I see there are laboratory men here.”
See also:
- 29 Jun - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Mayo's birth.
- William Mayo - context of quote “The aim of medicine” - Medium image (500 x 250 px)
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- William James Mayo - context of quote “One well-trained physician” - Medium image (500 x 250 px)
- William James Mayo - context of quote “One well-trained physician” - Large image (800 x 400 px)
- William James Mayo - context of quote “The glory of medicine” - Medium image (500 x 250 px)
- William James Mayo - context of quote “The glory of medicine” - Large image (800 x 400 px)