William Humphreys
Contemporary Welsh vascular surgeon
Surgery is an art, and the best way to teach an art
is an apprenticeship system. The longer the
apprenticeship the better.
Hospital DoctorOctober ()
Sir George Murray Humphry –
English professor of surgery
In surgery, eyes first and most; fingers next and
little; tongue last and least.
Attributed
Hunayn ibd Ishaq AD–
Baghdad physician
I have already told the Ruler of the Faithful that
my art must be used only for the good of the
people.
The Illustrated History of Surgery Knut Haeger()
Geoffrey Hunt
Contemporary British ethicist
Health care professionals who always took the
service ethic and clinical autonomy for granted
now find that they have to speak out to defend it
in the face of forces which appear to have little to
do with any ethic whatsoever.
Introduction to Whistleblowing in the Health ServiceGeoffrey
Hunt (ed.). Edward Arnold, London ()
James Henry Leigh Hunt –
English poet and essayist
The ground-work of all happiness is health.
The IndicatorNo. XXXI, ‘On the Realities of the
Imagination’
James M. Hunter –
US physician
Treat the patient, not the Xray.
Address to the American Fracture Association, October
()
John Hunter –
British surgeon and scientist
I believe your solution is right, but why believe?
Why not make an experiment?
Letter to Edward Jenner about his new vaccine for smallpox
The stomach is the distinguishing part between an
animal and a vegetable; for we do not know any
vegetable that has a stomach nor any animal
without one.
Principles of SurgeryCh. V
The operation is a silent confession of the
surgeon’s inadequacy.
Attributed
By an acquaintance with principles we learn the
cause of disease. Without this knowledge a man
cannot be a surgeon.
Attributed
When I was a boy I wanted to know all about the
clouds and the grasses and why the leaves
changed colour in the autumn.
Quoted in the Hunterian Museum, Royal College of
Surgeons of EnglandNothing in nature stands alone.
Quoted in the Hunterian Museum, Royal College of
Surgeons of EnglandThe last part of surgery, namely operations, is a
reflection of the healing art; it is a tacit
acknowledgement of the insufficiency of surgery.
It is like an armed savage who attempts to get that
by force which a civilised man would by
stratagem.
AttributedWilliam Hunter –
British surgeon, anatomist, and religious philosopherWere I to place a man of proper talents, in the
most direct road for becoming truly great in his
profession, I would choose a good practical
Anatomist and put him into a large hospital to
attend the sick and dissect the dead.
Last Course of Anatomical LecturesLect. Most philosophers, most great men, most
anatomists, and most other men of eminence lie
like the devil.
AttributedSir Robert Hutchison –
Physician, the London Hospital, UK and President Royal
College of PhysiciansVegetarianism is harmless enough though it is apt
to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness.
Address to the British Medical Association, Winnipeg
()It is always well, before handing the cup of
knowledge to the young, to wait until the froth
has settled.
British Medical Journal:()It is unnecessary—perhaps dangerous—in
medicine to be too clever.
Lancet: ()The scientific truth may be put quite briefly; eat
moderately, having an ordinary mixed diet, and
don’t worry.
Newcastle Medical JournalVol. ()From inability to let well alone; from too
much zeal for the new and contempt for what is
old; from putting knowledge before wisdom,
science before art, and cleverness before common
sense, from treating patients as cases, and from
making the cure of the disease more grievous
than the endurance of the same, Good Lord,
deliver us.
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