"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Neurosurgeons have a hand fetish: It began with the father of neurosurgery, Harvey Cushing, and today’s neurosurgeons proudly continue the tradition. It seems to be catching. Now psychologists are falling in love with hands, too.
Harvey Cushing and his followers were so enamored of his hands that for years the logo of the surgical service at his hospital was a drawing of his hand holding a scalpel. To see his hands at work, go here and click on the “Verified 2000th brain tumor operation” link. posted by Sydney on
3/28/2002 07:39:00 AM
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