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William James Mayo Quotes

The aim of medicine is to prevent disease and prolong life, the ideal of medicine is to eliminate the need of a physician.

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
Life, Science, Ideas

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
Moving, Learning, Science

Experience is the great teacher; unfortunately, experience leaves mental scars, and scar tissue contracts.

William James Mayo
Teacher, Science, Experience
William James Mayo (1921). “In the time of Henry Jacob Bigelow”

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
Dream, Science, Vision
William James Mayo (1921). “In the time of Henry Jacob Bigelow”

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
Science, People, Physicians
William James Mayo (1921). “In the time of Henry Jacob Bigelow”

Unfortunately, only a small number of patients with peptic ulcer are financially able to make a pet of an ulcer.

William James Mayo
Science, Small Numbers, Pet

The examining physician often hesitates to make the necessary examination because it involves soiling the finger.

William James Mayo
Physicians, Examination, Fingers

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