"One young woman's tribute describes unwrapping her cadaver's……" — Mary Roach
"One young woman's tribute describes unwrapping her cadaver's hands and being brought up short by the realization that the nails were painted pink. "The pictures in the anatomy atlas did not show nail polish", she wrote. "Did you choose the color? Did you think that I would see it? I wanted to tell you about the inside of your hands. I want you to know you are always there when I see patients. When I palpate an abdomen, yours are the organs I imagine. When I listen to a heart, I recall holding your heart."
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Mary Roach
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71 Quotes by Mary Roach
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The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.
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Having made a sufficient opening to admit my finger into the abdomen, I passed it between the intestines to the…
— Astley Cooper
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I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to…
— Owen Hart
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There cannot always be fresh fields of conquest by the knife; there must be portions of the human frame that…
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— Fran Lebowitz
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Clear, crisp, refreshingly sensible, and as entertaining as it is enlightening, The Abs Diet will reward its readers handsomely. There…
— David L. Katz
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Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Feel the energy of your inner body. Immediately mental noise slows down or ceases. Feel it in your hands, your…
— Eckhart Tolle
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There is no good word for stomach; just as there is no good word for girlfriend. Stomach is to girlfriend…
— Nicholson Baker
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My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.
— Bruce Lee
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Krishnamacharya's personal practice was always with long deep breathing and mental focus. Observe the position of his head, the lower…
— A. G. Mohan
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Empires rise and fall like the abdomen of God. It's just the universe breathing.
— Wes Nisker
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