I observe the physician with the same diligence as he the disease.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker watches the doctor as closely as the doctor watches the illness.
- In plain terms
- I pay as much attention to the doctor as he does to the disease.
- What can you take from it?
- He treats the healer with the same scrutiny as the sickness.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When do we doubt our healers?
- What should we watch in care?
Another view
It casts suspicion on both healer and disease.
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