We will work superbly to prevent, postpone, to heal, or care for individual's medical conditions. We pledge, collectively, to participate in the simple joys of connecting with Our Patients, meeting their physical, emotional, spiritual or intellectual needs to the best of our ability with God's help in our calling
O OUR MISSION
Guerir quelquefois, Soulager souvent, Consoler toujours
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to cure sometimes, to help often, to comfort always
This is a fitting motto for Internal Medicine, for we are most often treating patients with chronic diseases. In many circumstances, we cannot cure the diseases, or even make patients live longer. We can, however, improve the Quality of the life you have left in spite of your medical conditions. This quotation is, of course, not an original. It is usually attributed to the French, as a maxim or folk saying. Historians believe that the phrase was used as early as the 15th century.
It is however frequently credited to French-Canadian physician Edward Livingston Trudeau, who was not born until 1882. The saying has also been attributed to the hospice movement.
CADUCES
The Aesculpian Staff (Caduces)
The Doctor's Emblem
Ever since Asklepios' time, the medical profession has used a staff entwined by a snake as its special symbol. This is commonly called the Aesculpaian staff, after the god's Latin name. Modern scholars, however, doubt that the symbol originated in Greece. It probably derived from the Jews' imprisonment in Egypt and ther desert wanderings.
