Most physicians relied upon patients' complaints about exertion, and examined them only at rest.
Primary-care physicians rely on the apparent benevolence of drug companies to provide patients with state-of-the-art medications at no cost.
"I noticed your physician relies on medicine instead of the natural healing ability of our people."
The medieval Muslim physicians and their attendants relied on clinical observations for diagnosis and treatment.
As part of learning how to use a new drug, physicians generally rely on the information in the insert.
Worse, many physicians rely solely on digests provided to them by pharmaceutical companies, which are even less likely to present drugs' effects objectively.
But for now, he said, patients and physicians should rely on the recommended two-step process.
British physicians have long relied on heroin for its high potency and relatively innocuous side effects.
Most physicians rely on the presence of a persistent dry or wet cough as evidence of bronchitis.
Though other followers might weaken, there was one upon whom the enterprising physician could rely.