إنّ الطبّ بالدرجةِ الأساس يتَعامَلُ مع المريضِ وليسَ مع المشاكلِ البيولوجية (الأمراض) بحدّ ذاتِها، لأنّ المرض لا يُصيبُ المريض على المستوى البيولوجي فقط: من وجهةِ نظر المريض، هو "عِلّة" تَعبَثُ بكيانِه كُلِّه على المستوى الإجتماعي والنفسي والمالي حتى. بكلماتٍ أُخرى: المَرَضُ مشكلةٌ وجودية، لأنّه يُسَمِّم وجودَ الإنسانِ كُلَّه.

لهذا فإنَّ الطبَ، في تعامُلِه مع المريضِ بمرضِه (البيولوجي) وعلّتِه (الوجودية) معًا، هو أيضًا مُحَمَّلٌ بكلُ أنواعِ التَبِعاتِ العِلمية والإجتماعية والأخلاقية والنفسية وحتى الفلسفية.

Variability is the law of life, and as no two faces are the same, so no two bodies are alike, and no two individuals react alike and behave alike under the abnormal conditions which we know as disease.

- Sir William Osler

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

- Sir William Osler

History taking and careful observation (not laboratory results) were the authority upon which differential diagnoses and initial treatment plans were built. Laboratory tests confirmed (or not) our hypotheses, not the other way around.

- Osler and the Way We Were Taught

I almost forgot how interesting medicine is

It's a halophyte, which means that it can grow in salty environment (which is also the reason why it tastes salty)

طعمها غريب بس طيب للأمانة

What makes one heroic?
To approach at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope.

- The Joyful Science

By Todd M. Casey

By Todd M. Casey

وَزَكَرِيَّا إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِي فَرْدًا

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إِنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ كَانَ أُمَّةً

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