Ability Quote by Anonymous

“& he watches each muscle volt into place. the surgeon became the surgeon after years of opening books & making sense of their contents”

— sam sax

“I could see that the almost mystical aura of this legendary surgeon -- the single-mindedness, the dedication, the skill -- was mere surface. The…

— Abraham Verghese

“Emblematic of this era was the prolific Viennese surgeon Theodor Billroth. Born in 1821, Billroth studied music and surgery with almost equal verve. (The…

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

His doctors said he was, in many ways, the most remarkable patient they'd ever seen. His bravery, so stark and real, that even those…

— Bob Costas

Finally there was one open-minded surgeon in the great Pennsylvania General Hospital. He said, 'Let us give this young fellow a chance.' So they…

— Paul Douglas

“Doctor Benway is operating in an auditorium filled with students: "Now, boys, you won't see this operation performed very often and there's a reason…

— William S. Burroughs

Michael respected doctors immensely: that they went to school, that they studied... to do no harm.

— Debbie Rowe

A good surgeon doesn't just concentrate on technical ability, but also on the appropriateness of what you're doing.

— Benjamin Carson

When they teach [doctors] how to suture, they also teach them how to stitch their self-worth to being all-powerful.

— Brené Brown

Medical school had been a time for imaginary diseases and Martin had contracted almost all of them.

— Robin Cook

He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.

— Hippocrates

...in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood-vessels and organs.

— Alexis Carrel