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Sir John Eric Erichsen
(19 Jul 1818 - 23 Sep 1896)
Danish-British surgeon who was had an international reputation as a surgeon and was a superb clinical teacher, and has been regarded as one of the makers of modern surgery. He has a special interest in injuries resulting from railway accidents, and having written Concussion of the Spine, was a principal witness in suits against railway companies. He was a surgeon-extraordinary to Queen Victoria.
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Science Quotes by Sir John Eric Erichsen (1 quote)
There cannot always be fresh fields of conquest by the knife; there must be portions of the human frame that will ever remain sacred from its intrusions, at least in the surgeon's hands. That we have already, if not quite, reached these final limits, there can be little question. The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will be forever shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon.
— Sir John Eric Erichsen
Quoted in C. Cerf and V. Navasky (eds.), I Wish I hadn't Said That: The Experts Speak and Get it Wrong! (2000), 31.
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- 19 Jul - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Erichsen's birth.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
