Quotes from book
The Physician

Name: The Physician
Author: Noah Gordon

"Medicus " redirects here. For the novel by Ruth Downie, see Ruso and the Disappearing Dancing Girls.The Physician is a novel by Noah Gordon. It is about the life of a Christian English boy in the 11th century who journeys across Europe in order to study medicine among the Persians.

“And though you study medicine for a score of lifetimes, there will come to you people whose illnesses are mysteries, for the anguish of which you speak is part and parcel of the profession of healing and must be lived with.”

Noah Gordon book The Physician

Source: The Physician