I believe often that death is good medical treatment because it can achieve what all the medical advances and technology cannot achieve today, and that is stop the suffering of the patient. — 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 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 significance to this, but it must… — Christiaan Barnard Copy Share
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)
