...One of the side effects of (surgery, anesthesia,) X-ray..., and chemotherapy, is the suppression...of the patient's immunological defenses...A simple cold often leads… — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon,… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
Man torturing man is a fiend beyond description. You turn a corner in the dark and there he is. You congeal into… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
My haircutter figured out I whine less if I'm under general anesthesia. I just hope when I awaken they haven't given me… — Bob Saget Copy Share Image
“Learn to be fast now. You can learn to be good later.” In the OR, everyone’s eyes are always on the clock.… — Paul Kalanithi Copy Share Image
Luxury cruises were designed to make something unbearable (a two week transatlantic crossing) seem bearable. There's no need to do it now,… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I got this idea about being afraid to let go of something and being afraid of sinking into a state of almost… — Nick Rhodes Copy Share Image
For all of my patients sensuality is a giving in to 'the low side of their nature.' Puritanism is powerful and distorts… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
There is such a thing as anesthesia of pain, engendered by pain too exquisite to be borne. — Jack London Copy Share Image
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
There's something about sober living and sober thinking, about facing long afternoons without the numbing distraction of anesthesia that disabuses you of… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
In most societies birth has been an experience in whichwomen draw together to help each other and reinforce bonds in the community.… — Sheila Kitzinger Copy Share Image
