Top 6 William James Mayo Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “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

2. “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

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

— William James Mayo

4. “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

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

— William James Mayo

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

— William James Mayo

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