Don’t despise empiric truth. Lots of things work in practice for which the laboratory has never found proof. – Martin H. Fischer
Don’t confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science. – Martin H. Fischer
I find that most men would rather have their bellies opened for five hundred dollars than have a tooth pulled for five. – Martin H. Fischer
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
Research has been called good business, a necessity, a gamble, a game. It is none of these – it’s a state of mind. – Martin H. Fischer
A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession. – Martin H. Fischer
The great doctors all got their education off dirt pavements and poverty – not marble floors and foundations. – Martin H. Fischer
First need in the reform of hospital management? That’s easy! The death of all dietitians, and the resurrection of a French chef. – Martin H. Fischer
In the sick room, ten cents’ worth of human understanding equals ten dollars’ worth of medical science. – Martin H. Fischer
You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental garbage. – Martin H. Fischer
Here’s good advice for practice: go into partnership with nature; she does more than half the work and asks none of the fee. – Martin H. Fischer
Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them. – Martin H. Fischer
When a man lacks mental balance in pneumonia he is said to be delirious. When he lacks mental balance without the pneumonia, he is pronounced insane by all smart doctors. – Martin H. Fischer