I knew medicine only by its absence - specifically, the absence of a father growing up: one who went to work before dawn and returned in the dark to a plate of reheated dinner.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My father was a doctor.
My dad was a doctor, but he was just always, like, going from hospital to hospital for some reason.
My father happened to be a doctor, and though I loved and idealized him privately, professionally I never had any use for him or anyone connected with that science.
Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.
I treated as few patients as I could as a medical student, and I never practiced medicine.
I can't remember missing a practice because of illness.
I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
My dad was a physician. As a kid, I remember driving around with him on weekends so he could do his rounds at the hospital and talk to patients. We'd spend time in the car talking about what was going on with them, their stories.
This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony and death of my mother might have influenced me in wanting to study medicine. It was not the case.
You don't have a family doctor anymore like you did when you were a kid, who treated you throughout your life.
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