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To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an…

Quote byWilliam Osler · 1849–1919

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Books and Men" in Boston Medical and Surgical Journal (1901).

English (original)

To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to sea at all.

— William Osler

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