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I believe often that death is...

I believe often that death is good medical treatment because it can achieve what all the medical advances and technology cannot achieve today, and that is stop the suffering of the patient.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

For a dying man it is not a d...

For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he knows he is at the end. If a lion chases you to the bank of a river filled with crocodiles, you will leap into the water convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side. But you would not accept such odds if there were no lion.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

I vowed never again to experi...

I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

It is infinitely better to tr...

It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

I don't believe medical disco...

I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

The prime goal is to alleviat...

The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

I don't believe medical discov...

I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

I believe often that death is ...

I believe often that death is good medical treatment because it can achieve what all the medical advances and technology cannot achieve today, and that is stop the suffering of the patient.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

The individual is the brain, n...

The individual is the brain, not the heart.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

For a dying man it is not a di...

For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he knows he is at the end. If a lion chases you to the bank of a river filled with crocodiles, you will leap into the water convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side. But you would not accept such odds if there were no lion.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

I vowed never again to experim...

I vowed never again to experiment with such sensitive creatures.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

I had bought two male chimps f...

I had bought two male chimps from a primate colony in Holland. They lived next to each other in separate cages for several months before I used one as a [heart] donor. When we put him to sleep in his cage in preparation for the operation, he chattered and cried incessantly. We attached no significance to this, but it must have made a great impression on his companion, for when we removed the body to the operating room, the other chimp wept bitterly and was inconsolable for days. The incident made a deep impression on m

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

Suffering isn't ennobling, rec...

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

It is infinitely better to tra...

It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it to be devoured by worms.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

If the poor overweight jogger ...

If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

On Saturday, I was a surgeon i...

On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

The prime goal is to alleviate...

The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

It is infinitely better to tra...

It is infinitely better to transplant a heart than to bury it so it can be devoured by worms.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

The prime goal is to alleviate...

The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

Suffering isn't ennobling, rec...

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

Christiaan Barnard 18 quotes

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