11 Nov. 08
01.04 pm
GS II Office
Sapph MD
... It is necessary that a surgeon should have a temperate and moderate disposition. That he should have well-formed hands, long slender fingers, a strong body, not inclined to tremble and with all his members trained to the capable fulfilment of the wishes of his mind. He should be of deep intelligence and of a simple, humble, brave, but not audacious disposition. He should be well grounded in natural science, and should know not only medicine but every part of philosophy; should know logic well, so as to be able to understand what is written, to talk properly, and to support what he has to say by good reasons...
— Guido Lanfranchi
Chirurgia Magna (1296, printed 1479), as translated by James Joseph Walsh in Old-Time Makers of Medicine (1911)
3 comments:
wow! that's you! did the author, at that time, knew you'd be born and would become a surgeon? that's a definite description of you... :)
hehe. Thanks. Well, everytime people ask me, why surgery? i always have this simple reply... BECAUSE I WAS BORN TO BECOME ONE! :)
and i believe you really are (born to become one)!
keep striving... it's gonna be all worth every effort. :)
God bless you!
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