Florence Nightingale Quotes

It Is Often Thought That Medicine Is The Curative Process. It Is No Such Thing; Medicine Is The Surgery Of Functions, As Surgery Proper Is That Of Limbs And Organs. Neither Can Do Anything But Remove Obstructions; Neither Can Cure; Nature Alone Cures. Surgery Removes The Bullet Out Of The Limb, Which Is An Obstruction To Cure, But Nature Heals The Wound. So It Is With Medicine; The Function Of An Organ Becomes Obstructed; Medicine So Far As We Know, Assists Nature To Remove The Obstruction, But Does Nothing More. And What Nursing Has To Do In Either Case, Is To Put The Patient In The Best Condition For Nature To Act Upon Him.

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