Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery | 
“You turn aside to wash your gloves. It is a ritual cleansing. One enters this temple doubly-washed. Here is man as microcosm, representing in all his parts the earth, perhaps the universe.”
Wonderful collection of spiritual essays on the human body and the religious ritual of surgery. When he writes about brittle bones and the seeping stomach cells I can almost feel the tissues in my hands, feel the urge to honor the flesh. Inspiring work.
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