Chronic illness Quote by Michael Bihovsky

“I had to become a patient. And I had to make up my mind quickly before the unthinkable happened. So I went under the…

— Allan Hamilton

“I just don’t trust surgeons. I trust very few people, and I especially dislike the notion of trusting one perfect stranger, surrendering all control…

— Andre Agassi

“I’d never trust a surgeon who didn’t wear gloves when he operated. Even if those gloves he didn’t wear were boxing gloves. He might…

— Jarod Kintz

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

“There is a saying about surgeons, meant as a reproof: "Sometimes wrong; never in doubt." But this seemed to me their strength. Each day…

— Atul Gawande

“The best surgeon is not the one who makes the most incisions;”

— Greg McKeown

The doctors must tell you that one of the risks of surgery is that you might die. This poor doctor was talking to an…

— Patty Duke

“I left a pause. ‘You sound like a certain kind of surgeon. A lot more interested in the operation than the patient.’ ‘I should…

— John Fowles

“A trained surgeon is also a potential killer, and an important bit of the training lies in accepting the fact. Your intent is entirely…

— Diana Gabaldon

“But I will tell you another misery that is not to be denied. In the common, natural course of events physicians, surgeons and apothecaries…

— Patrick O'Brian

“My father, for whose skills as a surgeon I have the deepest respect, says, "The operation with the best outcome is the one you…

— Abraham Verghese

“There is no physician like Him, none can save as He can; we love Him, and He loves us, and therefore we put ourselves…

— Charles Spurgeon