Keith Botsford
Contemporary
Americans are indeed in a constant state of alarm
about the immortality to which they seem to think
they are constitutionally entitled.
IndependentOctober ()
William Boyd ‒
British-born Canadian pathologist, Toronto
Of all the ailments which may blow out life’s little
candle, heart disease is the chief.
Pathology for the Surgeon()
Edward Hickling Bradford ‒
US physician
Neither the precision of science nor the efficiency
of business methods will suffice, for above all else
the practitioner must preserve and exercise the
kindly indulgence of a considerate friend.
Harvard Graduate Magazine: ()
A. C. Bradley ‒
Professor of Poetry, Oxford, England
Research, though toilsome, is easy; imaginative
vision, though delightful, is difficult.
Oxford Lectures on Poetry, ‘Shakespeare’s Theatre and
Audience’
Brahmanic saying
In illness the physician is a father; in
convalescence, a friend; when health is restored,
he is a guardian.
W. Russell, Lord Brain ‒
British neurologist
In the post-mortem room we witness the
final result of disease, the failure of the body
to solve its problems, and there is an obvious
limit to what one can learn about normal business
transactions from even a daily visit to the
bankruptcy court.
Canadian Medical Association Journal: ()
Freud’s discovery of unconscious motivation,
and the importance of the experiences of early
infancy for the subsequent development of the
personality, has profoundly influenced our
conception of human nature, and had lasting
effects on ethics.
Doctors Past and Present‘The Doctor’s Place in Society’ ()
The doctor occupies a seat in the front row of the
stalls of the human drama, and is constantly
watching, and even intervening in, the tragedies,
comedies and tragi-comedies which form the raw
material of the literary art.
The Quiet Art: A Doctor’s AnthologyForeword, R. Coope
William Cooper Brann ‒
No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
Brann, The Iconoclast, ‘Old Glory’, July ()
Nicholas Breton ‒
English poetThere is no pain like the Gout.
Crossing of ProverbsRichard Bright ‒
English physician, Guy’s Hospital, LondonTo connect accurate and faithful observations
after death with symptoms displayed during life
must be in some degree to forward the objects of
our noble art.
Reports of Medical CasesAcute disease must be seen at least once a day by
those who wish to learn; in many cases twice a
day will not be too often.
Lecture on the Practice of MedicineOne of the most ready means of detecting
albumin is the application of heat by taking a
small quantity of urine in a spoon and holding
over a flame of a candle.
Describing a test for nephritis in Anthelme Brillat-Savarin ‒
French gastronomeTell me what you eat, and I will tell you what
you are.
La Physiologie du Goût()Edouard Brissaud ‒
French neurologistA symptom that cannot be simulated cannot be a
symptom of hysteria.
AttributedPaul Broca ‒
French surgeon and anthropologistPrivate practice and marriage—those twin
extinguishers of science.
Letter, April ()A. Gerard Brom ‒
It is with coarctation surgery as with love: rather
easy to do but difficult to understand.
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: ()Jacob Bronowski ‒
Polish-born British biologist and broadcaster
At bottom, the society of scientists is more
important than their discoveries. What science
has to teach us here is not its techniques but its
spirit: the irresistible need to explore.
Science and Human ValuesCh.
Science has nothing to be ashamed of, even in the
ruins of Nagasaki.
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