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5 quotes by Harvey Cushing

Harvey Williams Cushing (April 8, 1869 – October 7, 1939) was an American neurosurgeon. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first person to describe Cushing's disease. He is often called the "father of modern neurosurgery."
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I would like to see the day when somebody would be appointed surgeon somewhere who had no hands, for the operative part is the least part of the work.

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A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man - he must view the man in his world.

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The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a... →

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In these days when science is clearly in the saddle and when our knowledge of disease is advancing at a breathless pace, we are apt to forget that... →

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Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down... →

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