The only weapon with which the unconscious patient can immediately retaliate upon the incompetent surgeon is hemorrhage. – William Stewart Halsted, “The Effect of Ligation of the Common Iliac Artery on t

Another cause of change, one less noticeable but fundamental, is the modern growth of population closely connected with scientific and medical discoveries. It is interesting that the United Nations has set up a special Commission to study this question. – Emily Greene Balch