Quotes of the Morning

"Society is a hospital of incurables."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."
-Voltaire (1694-1778)

"Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always. Every house is, in this sense, a hospital."
-Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

"Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine."
-Lord Byron (1788-1824)

"Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability."
-William Osler (1849-1919)

“For those concerned, Mrs. Skippy’s little ‘outpatient’ procedure turned into 3 ½ days in the hospital due to a little invasive surgery, but she is at home now recovering and doing fine. Thank you all for your concern. She may want to kill me before this is all over, but she will be fine.”
-Skippy