Status Updates From Heart: A History

“If, as Osler said, the tragedies of life are mostly arterial, then the source of most of mankind’s misery is the fatty plaque”

Despite our best efforts, cardiac patients still die.

Rereading for work

“At twenty-seven years old, I had been introduced to a man with no name. I handled his body, cut it apart, and put it back together again. From that point on, I thought, every careless mistake I might make in hospital would be a slap in his face, every success a tribute to him, my first patient. He had given himself freely, wholeheartedly, and now I had to give him back and leave him to restful peace.”