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title: "2 Chests Quotes By John Eric Erichsen"
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> [There cannot always be fresh fields of conquest by the knife; there must be portions of the human frame that will ever remain sacred from its intrusions, at least in the surgeon's hands. That we have already, if not quite,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eric-erichsen/there-cannot-always-be-fresh-fields-of-conquest-by-the-knife-there/)

John Eric Erichsen

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> [The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eric-erichsen/the-abdomen-the-chest-and-the-brain-will-forever-be-shut-from-the/)

John Eric Erichsen

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## Other authors on Chests

## More by John Eric Erichsen

> [There cannot always be fresh fields of conquest by the knife; there must be portions of the human frame that will ever remain sacred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eric-erichsen/there-cannot-always-be-fresh-fields-of-conquest-by-the-knife-there/)

John Eric Erichsen

> [The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eric-erichsen/the-abdomen-the-chest-and-the-brain-will-forever-be-shut-from-the/)

John Eric Erichsen

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