I have made many mistakes myself; in learning the anatomy of the eye I dare say, I have spoiled a hatfull; the best surgeon, like the best general, is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
It is the surgeon’s duty to tranquillize the temper, to beget cheerfulness, and to impart confidence of recovery. - Astley Cooper
It is the surgeon’s duty to tranquillize the temper, to beget cheerfulness, and to impart confidence of recovery.
- Astley Cooper
If you are too fond of new remedies, first you will not cure your patients; secondly, you will have no patients to cure. - Astley Cooper
If you are too fond of new remedies, first you will not cure your patients; secondly, you will have no patients to cure.
In collecting evidence upon any medical subject, there are but three sources from which we can hope to obtain it; viz. from observation on medical th… - Astley Cooper
In collecting evidence upon any medical subject, there are but three sources from which we can hope to obtain it; viz. from observation on medical th…
Having made a sufficient opening to admit my finger into the abdomen, I passed it between the intestines to the spine, and felt the aorta greatly enl… - Astley Cooper
Having made a sufficient opening to admit my finger into the abdomen, I passed it between the intestines to the spine, and felt the aorta greatly enl…
I have made many mistakes myself; in learning the anatomy of the eye I dare say, I have spoiled a hatfull; the best surgeon, like the best general, i… - Astley Cooper
I have made many mistakes myself; in learning the anatomy of the eye I dare say, I have spoiled a hatfull; the best surgeon, like the best general, i…
Nothing is known in our profession by guess; and I do not believe, that from the first dawn of medical science to the present moment, a single correc… - Astley Cooper
Nothing is known in our profession by guess; and I do not believe, that from the first dawn of medical science to the present moment, a single correc…
In the performance of our duty one feeling should direct us; the case we should consider as our own, and we should ask ourselves, whether, placed und… - Astley Cooper
In the performance of our duty one feeling should direct us; the case we should consider as our own, and we should ask ourselves, whether, placed und…
The means by which I preserve my own health are, temperance, early rising, and spunging the body every morning with cold water, a practice I have pur… - Astley Cooper
The means by which I preserve my own health are, temperance, early rising, and spunging the body every morning with cold water, a practice I have pur…
My lectures were highly esteemed, but my operations less thought of, so that I am of opinion that my operations rather kept down my practice, than in… - Astley Cooper
My lectures were highly esteemed, but my operations less thought of, so that I am of opinion that my operations rather kept down my practice, than in…
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