"Autopsies give us the facts but not the…" — Richard Selzer

"Autopsies give us the facts but not the truth."

— Richard Selzer

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13 Quotes by Richard Selzer

Richard Selzer has 13 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The surgeon knows all the parts of the brain but he does not know his patient's dreams.
Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path , to…
You cannot separate passion from pathology any more than you can separate a person's spirit from his body.
And If the surgeon is like a poet, then the scars you have made on countless bodies are like verses…
Thus is the fruit of the Earth taken, its flesh torn. Thus is it given over standing, toward rot. It…
The Country Doctor Revisited is a fine achievement. Purporting to be an overview of the practice of medicine in rural…
Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.
Cutting for Stone is nothing short of masterful -a riveting tale of love, medicine, and the complex dynamic of twin…
A minor operation is one that is done on someone else
I contemplate the body, dead and diseased as well as alive and healthy.
I never intended to become a writer.
The grist for my mill is the human body and the art of healing.

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More Autopsies Quotes

This quote is filed under Autopsies Quotes, one of 6 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

What makes me so certain that the natural human lifespan is far in excess of the actual one is this.… — Hans Selye
In 1976 I was working in the Gulf Country around Cape York, in an aboriginal community of about 300 people.… — Archie Kalokerinos
I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells. — Patricia Cornwell
Literary studies were no more than a series of autopsies performed by heartless technicians. Worse than autopsies: biopsies. Vivisection. Even… — Stephen Fry
No, I love watching autopsies of disgusting mutant monsters — Michael Grant

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