Quote of the day
The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you.
Harvey Cushing
Born: April 8, 1869
Died: October 7, 1939 (aged 70)
Bio: Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon. A pioneer of brain surgery, he was the first person to describe Cushing's disease. Together with Ernest Sachs, he is known as the "father of neurosurgery."
Known for:
- The Life of Sir William Osler (1925)
- Five Hundred Years of Medicine in Art
- The Life of William Osler, V2