“Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.”– Katherine Dunn Related Quotes “Just the actual physical ability to hold four instruments simultaneously and do some of the things that Vivien was able to do is mind blowing to any surgeon. He never went to medical school and he became one of the great teachers of medicine himself, people are just amazed.”– Mary Stuart Masterson “Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem.”– Alice Hamilton “Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue.”– John Ensign