Montenegrin proverb
In a good hand every sword cuts well.
Montesquieu –
French philosopher and jurist
That kind of health which can be preserved only
by a careful and constant regulation of diet is but
a tedious disease.
Attributed
Young men ought to come well prepared for the
study of Medicine, by having their minds enriched
with all the aids they can receive from the
languages, the liberal arts.
A Discourse Upon the Institution of Medical Schools in America
Sir Thomas More –
Philosopher and Chancellor of England
It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sicknes,
than to wishe for medicines.
UtopiaBk II, Ch. (transl. R. Robinson)
Jeanne Moreau
There’s a certain moment in life when you realise
you’re born with a deadly disease which is life.
Attributed
Giovanni Battista Morgagni –
Italian pathologic anatomist
For those who have dissected or inspected many,
have at least learned to doubt when the others,
who are ignorant of anatomy, and do not take the
trouble to attend to it, are in no doubt at all.
De Sedibus et Causis MorboriumVol. , Bk , Letter
Barbara Morgan –
South African-born British anaesthetist, Queen
Charlotte’s Hospital, London
The anaesthetist is there to look after the mother:
the paediatrician is there to look after the baby; the
obstetrician is there to look after himself.
Quoted in The Anaesthetic Aide Memoirep. (ed. John
Urquhart)
Maldwyn Morgan –
Anaesthetist, Hammersmith Hospital, London
If the surgeon cuts a vessel and knows the name
of that vessel, the situation is serious; if the
anaesthetist knows the name of that vessel, the
situation is irretrievable.
The Anaesthetic Aide Memoirep. (ed. John Urquhart)
M. J. Moroney th century
A statistical analysis, properly conducted, is a
delicate dissection of uncertainties, a surgery of
suppositions.
Facts from FiguresCh.
Desmond Morris –
British zoologist and writer
He is proud that he has the biggest brain of all the
primates, but attempts to conceal the fact that he
also has the biggest penis.
The Naked ApeIntroduction
Sir Peter Morris –
President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
There is a danger that trust hospitals may be
overwhelmed with inspections and directives such
that there is little time left to look after patients.
Bulletin of the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons
January(), commenting on the new bureaucracyRobert Tuttle Morris –
US surgeon
It is the patient rather than the case which
requires treatment.
Doctors versus FolksCh.
It is the human touch after all that counts for
most in our relation with our patients.
Doctors versus FolksCh.
The number of quacks in a locality is an index
to the character of the regular medical profession
in that locality.
Doctors versus FolksCh. Rutherford Morrison –
British surgeon
In men nine out of ten abdominal tumours are
malignant; in women nine out of ten abdominal
swellings are the pregnant uterus.
The PractitionerOctober ()
Never neglect the history of a missed menstrual
period.
The PractitionerOctober ()
Beware of the diagnosis of hysteria, neurosis or
neuralgia, unless organic disease can be excluded
with certainty.
The PractitionerOctober ()
The functional form of impotence fills the coffers
of the quacks, and swells the list of suicides.
The PractitionerOctober ()William T. Morton –
Founder of anaesthesia in US
Your patient is ready, Sir!
Remark to John Collins Warren October ()
(‘Ether Day’)William Moss th century
Liverpool surgeon
Bleeding is a remedy much to be depended on
when the symptoms of heat, fever, drowsiness and
startings are urgent: it is commonly done to
children by means of leeches, which may be
applied to the foot or heel, and may be repeated.
Essay on the Management and Nursing of Children in the
Earlier Periods of Infancy()Mother Theresa –
Founder of Catholic order and hospital administrator,
Calcutta, India
There can be fewer luckier people in the world
than the surgeons of India who have the
opportunity to treat not only the rich but also the
poor and destitute.
Speech to the International College of Surgeons,
Calcutta () ·