Medical wisdom

The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease .

Voltaire (1694-1778)

The interview panel

Medical wisdom

One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.

Sir William Osler (1849-1919)

"I don't think the editor is very well"

The Gods of Medical Humour Part Six

Inuendos, slapstick and good old-fasioned humour are abundant in Carry On Matron. It's possibly even better than Carry On Doctor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkVBMRou33M

"This wont hurt"

Medical wisdom

He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts - for support rather than illumination.

Andrew Lang

S.A.S. bunker

The Gods of Medical Humour Part Five

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/

... for the accademics amongst us ...

Behind every doctor are hundreds of scientists trying to work out what they should do and why (and a million other seemingly unimportant but essential questions).

So for anyone who has ever felt akin to the "geeky" subset of society there is now an american sit com for our minority group. The combination of autistic spectrum disorder characters and incomprehensible scientific babble is hillarious.

Lets hope they make a second series ...