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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

Topics: Alleviate Does Goal Life Only Prime Prolong Prolongs Should Stopped Suffering Treatment Your

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

~Christiaan Barnard

Topics: Africa Known Little Monday Saturday South South Africa Surgeon Very World

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Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

~Christiaan Barnard

Topics: Recovery Suffering

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

~Christiaan Barnard

Topics: Better Bury Devoured Heart Infinitely Than Transplant Worms

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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

Topics: Advance Believe Create Discoveries Doing Extend Fast Human Human Life Inventing Life Medical Much Shorten Ways

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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

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Type: Scientist

Born: November 8th, 1922

Died: September 2nd, 2001

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