Richard Asher Quotes & Sayings

Too often a sister puts all her patients back to bed as a housewife puts all her plates back in the plate-rack-to make a generally tidy appearance. — Richard Asher

For many doctors the achievement of a published article is a tedious duty to be surmounted as a necessary hurdle in a medical career. — Richard Asher

It is not always worth the discomforts of major surgery to get minor recovery. — Richard Asher

The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. — Richard Asher

Despair is better treated with hope, not dope. — Richard Asher

Gynaecologists are very smooth indeed. Because they have to listen to woeful and sordid symptoms they develop an expression of refinement and sympathy. — Richard Asher

The only similarity between the car and the human body is that if something is seriously wrong with the design of the former you can send it back to its maker. — Richard Asher