“It is the surgeon’s duty to tranquillize the temper, to beget cheerfulness, and to impart confidence of recovery.” DutyRecoveryTemperSurgeonsCheerfulnessBegetsImpart Book:The Lectures of Sir Astley Cooper: On the Principles and Practice of Surgery Source: The Lectures of Sir Astley Cooper: On the Principles and Practice of Surgery
“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 under similar circumstances, we should choose to submit to the pain and danger we are about to inflict.” ShouldFeelingsPainAsksCasesDangerDutyCircumstancesDirectPerformancesSubmitSurgery Author:Astley Cooper