I believe often that death is good medical treatment because it can achieve what all the medical advances and technology cannot achieve… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
I believe often that death is good medical treatment because it can achieve what all the medical advances and technology cannot achieve today, and… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he knows he… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life,… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures. — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms. — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned. — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share Image
![“For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he knows he is at the end. If a lion chases you to the bank of a river filled with crocodiles, you will leap into the water convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side. But…” quote by Christiaan Barnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/615/christiaan-barnard-39607_accepting_for-a-dying-man-it-is-not-a-difficult-de_1156716.jpg)
![“I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months before I used one as a [heart] donor. When we put him to sleep in his cage in preparation for the operation, he chattered and cried incessantly. We attached no…” quote by Christiaan Barnard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3b9/christiaan-barnard-39607_animal_i-had-bought-two-male-chimps-from-a-prim_126559.jpg)
