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Morantz-Sanchez quotes Professor Henry Hartshorne, delivering the 1872 commencement address at the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania: It is not always the most logical, but often the most discerning physician who succeeds best at the bedside. Medicine is, indeed, a science, but its practice is an art. Those who bring the quick eye, the recept
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The physician spoke with confidence. He was a man, after all. He had no reason to think he would not be believed.
Emilia Hart • Weyward: Discover the unique, original and unforgettable fiction debut novel of 2023 – a BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick and #2 Times Bestseller
What kind of life exists without language?
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
Years ago, it had occurred to me that Darwin and Nietzsche agreed on one thing: the defining characteristic of the organism is striving.
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
Joshua Briscoe • Remaining Human: Avoiding the Uncanny Valley
the mind was influenced by the body, the doctor had a part to play in teaching virtue.
Roy Porter • The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity (The Norton History of Science)
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Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
No system of thought can contain the fullness of human experience.
Paul Kalanithi • When Breath Becomes Air
When there’s no place for the scalpel, words are the surgeon’s only tool.