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Harvey Cushing
(8 Apr 1869 - 7 Oct 1939)

American neurosurgeon who was a pioneer of neurosurgery and performed the first brain surgery in the U.S in 1902.


Science Quotes by Harvey Cushing (1)

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.
— Harvey Cushing
Letter to Dr Henry Christian (20 Nov 1911). Quoted in 'The Best Hope of All', Time (3 May 1963).
See also:  |  Surgery (20)


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