Richard Selzer, born on June 24, 1928, was an accomplished American author known for his diverse writing, which encompassed medicine, law, history, and literary criticism. Selzer was renowned for his unique narrative style and profound insights into human experience.
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Source: Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery
“Precisely because she had tended and pitied, the desolation is hers as well.”
Source: Letters to a Young Doctor
“I contemplate the body, dead and diseased as well as alive and healthy.”
“The heart is pure theater throbbing in its cage palpably as any nightingale.”
Source: Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery
Source: Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery
“The surgeon knows all the parts of the brain but he does not know his patient's dreams.”
Source: Taking the World in for Repairs
Source: Letters to a Young Doctor
Source: Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery
Source: Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery
“Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.”
Source: Letters to a Young Doctor