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" The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. "
Desk Reference of Clinical Pharmacology - Page 17
by Manuchair Ebadi - 2007 - 824 pages
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The Life of Sir William Osler, Volume 1

Harvey Cushing - Biography - 1925 - 760 pages
...rational ideas concerning the treatment of disease, stating as an interesting psychological fact that ' the desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals '. Of one thing [he said] I must complain, — that when we of the profession have...
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The Life of Sir William Osler, Volume 1

Harvey Cushing - Biography - 1926 - 752 pages
...rational ideas concerning the treatment of disease, stating as an interesting psychological fact that ' the desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals '. Of one thing [he said] I must complain, — that when we of the profession have...
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Advertising of Proprietary Medicines: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Monopoly and Anticompetitive Activities - 1971 - 968 pages
...spending at least I « two billion dollars yearly. As Sir William Osier, the famed physician, noted, "The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals." Osier also defined part of a physician's duty as "educating the masses not to take...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Select Committee on ..., Parts 1-3

United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business - Legislative hearings - 1971 - 1392 pages
...their parents. Sir William Osier, the noted physician, showed his great wit and wisdom when he said : "The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals." Unfortunately, many of the cold remedies and sprays are drug mixtures condemned...
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Behavioral Pharmacology of Human Drug Dependence

Conditioned response - 1981 - 320 pages
...understanding of aspects of drug use and has most certainly disproved Sir William Osier's comment that "the desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals." Overall, robust and significant linkages have emerged between basic and applied,...
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The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations

Robert Andrews - Reference - 1989 - 414 pages
...cleanliness are the chief articles in my pharmacopoeia. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) emperor of France The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. Sir William Osier (1849-1919) Canadian physician Vaccination is the medical sacrament...
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Crisp Toasts: Wonderful Words That Add Wit and Class to Every Time You Raise ...

Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Humor - 1992 - 178 pages
...know who thinks a dressing is something you put on a salad. • Ah, drugs! To quote William Osier, "The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals." DRINK • In the words of William Morris, "I drink to the days that are." • Here's...
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And I Quote: The Definitive Collection of Quotes, Sayings, and Jokes for the ...

Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - Humor - 1992 - 552 pages
...what he has but the totality of what he does not yet have, of what he might have. — Jean-Paul Sartre The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. — William Osler I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial...
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Pharmaceutical Marketplace Reform: Is Competition the Right ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging - Business & Economics - 1994 - 324 pages
...hearing what our witnesses will say this morning. The physician, Sir William Osier, was quoted as saying, The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals." I think we might disagree that that is the most significant difference among the...
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Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience

J. K. Crellin - Health & Fitness - 1994 - 292 pages
...interpret the world around them are constantly kept in mind. PART ONE Self- Treatment: A Kaleidoscope The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. Sir William Osier Therapy, be it prescribed by physicians or alternative medical...
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