Harvey Cushing

“A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more than even the whole man—he must view the man in…

— Harvey Cushing

I would like to see the day when somebody would be appointed surgeon somewhere who had no hands, for the operative part…

— Harvey Cushing

The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may…

— Harvey Cushing

Nothing great or new can be done without enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the fly-wheel which carries your saw through the knots in the…

— Harvey Cushing

Standardization of our educational systems [which includes testing]is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling…

— Harvey Cushing

A certain excessiveness seems a necessary element in all greatness.

— Harvey Cushing

There is only one ultimate and effectual preventative for the maladies to which flesh is heir, and that is death.

— Harvey Cushing

In these days when science is clearly in the saddle and when our knowledge of disease is advancing at a breathless pace,…

— Harvey Cushing

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product…

— Harvey Cushing