Moses Whitecotton Quotes & Sayings

Confederate surgeons usually performed "circular" amputations. They made a 360-degree cut through the skin, then scrunched it up like a shirt cuff. After sawing through the muscle and bone, they inched the skin back down to wrap the stump. This method led to less scarring and infection. Union surgeons preferred "flap" amputations: doctors left two flaps of flesh hanging beside the wound to fold over after they'd sawed through. This method was quicker and provided a more comfortable stump for prosthetics. Altogether, surgeons lopped off 60,000 fingers, toes, hands, feet, and limbs during the war. — Sam Kean

If you really do care about him, his past won't matter, because you're his future. — Kirsty Dallas

Melancholy is kind of sweet sometimes, I think. It's not a negative thing. It's not a mean thing. It's just something that happens in life, like autumn. — Bill Murray

Faith sir! She looks like the Old Course. — Old Tom Morris

There are many things in life more worthwhile than money. One is to be brought up in this our England which is still the envy of less happy lands. — Alfred Denning, Baron Denning