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The Laws of Medicine: Field Notes from an Uncertain Science (TED Books) by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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Or that streptococcal pneumonias often followed influenza infection; that patients recovering from the flu might suddenly develop relapsing fevers and a hacking, blood-tinged cough;

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“There once was a very great American surgeon named Halsted. He was married to a nurse. He loved her—immeasurably. One day Halsted noticed that his wife’s hands were chapped and red when she came back from surgery. And so he invented rubber gloves. For her. It is one of the great love stories in medicine. The difference between inspired medicine and uninspired medicine is love.
When I met Ana, I knew:
I loved her to the point of invention.”
― Sarah Ruhl, The Clean House

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“-- because love is a critical ingredient in the fireman's code, which demands that you are willing to risk your life for your fire-house brothers.”
― David Halberstam, Firehouse

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